Genesis - 5:9

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9 Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 5:9.

Differing Translations

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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
And Enos lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.
And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
In truth, Enos lived ninety years, and then he conceived Cainan.
Et vixit Enos nonaginta annos, et genuit Kenan.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. According to the Septuagint a hundred and ninety years; it can hardly be thought but that he had sons or daughters before, but this is only taken notice of for a reason before given.

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