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The Family Line of Seth

25 Adam was intimate with his wife again. She gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[a] because she said, “God has set another child in place of Abel for me, since Cain killed him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew word for set or place.

25 Adam made love to his wife(A) again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[a](B) saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.

Adam lived 130 years, and he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his own image, and he named him Seth.

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When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;(A) and he named him Seth.(B)

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