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Enosh

Enosh Son of Seth, When Men Began to Call on the LORD

Old Testamentc. 3765 BC

About Enosh

Enosh was the son of Seth and the grandson of Adam. Genesis tells almost nothing of him except the sentence that falls in his days: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. He lived 905 years and fathered Kenan, and the line traced through him runs to Noah, and in Luke's genealogy to Jesus.

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Enosh's Character Traits

Third from AdamOf the line of SethLong-lived

Enosh's Life Timeline

  1. Birthc. 3765 BC

    Seth is a hundred and five years old when Enosh is born to him.

    GEN 5:6
  2. The name of the LORDc. 3765 BC

    In his days men begin to call upon the name of the LORD.

    GEN 4:26
  3. Kenan is bornc. 3675 BC

    At ninety he fathers Kenan, and the line of Seth goes on.

    GEN 5:9
  4. Deathc. 2860 BC

    He dies at nine hundred and five years.

    GEN 5:11

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Spiritual Lessons from Enosh

Worship Begins Quietly

Nothing Enosh does is recorded, and yet the verse that names him marks the beginning of public worship. The turn is not attached to an act of his but to his lifetime, as though the thing that mattered most in that generation was something no one signed.

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