And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
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- XX. Sheth 25. שׁת shēt, Sheth, “placed, put.” 26. אנישׁ 'enôsh, Enosh, “man, sickly.” בשׁם קרא qero' beshēm means, first, to call an object by its name Isa 40:26; Isa 43:1; Isa 45:3-4; second, to…
Adam Clarke
Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord - The marginal reading is, Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; which words are supposed to signify that in the time of Enos the…
This is the first mention of Adam in the story of this chapter. No question, the murder of Abel, and the impenitence and apostasy of Cain, were a very great grief to him and Eve, and the more because…
Cambridge Bible
Enosh This word, used in Hebrew poetry, means "man," and is thus to be compared with Adam.
then began men In the Hebrew it is impersonal, "then was a beginning made." The origin of Jehovah worship is…
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