Genesis 4:26

Common English Bible

²⁶Seth also fathered a son and named him Enosh. At that time, people began to worship in the Lord’s name.

Genesis 4:26

Contemporary English Version

²⁶Later, Seth had a son and named him Enosh.

About this time people started worshiping the Lord.^[a]

²⁶A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

²⁶Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. It was then that people began using the Lord's holy name in worship.

²⁶And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people^[a] began to worship^[b] the Lord.

Genesis 4:26 tn The word “people” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation. The construction uses a passive verb without an expressed subject. “To call was begun” can be interpreted to mean that people began to call.
Genesis 4:26 tn Heb “call in the name.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:25). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116.

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