Person

Seth

also known as Sheth

Gender:: Male
Born:: 3874 BC
Died:: 2692 BC
Verse mentions:: 10

Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, “for God,” said she, “hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”

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Parents 2

Adam Eve

Children 1

Enos· father

Siblings 2

Abel Cain

Member of 1

Genealogy of Jesus

Born in 1

Eden

Events 4

Birth of Enos Birth of Seth Death of Seth Lifetime of Seth

Appears in 10

Reference	Verse
Genesis 4:25	And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26	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.
Genesis 5:3	And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:4	And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:6	And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Genesis 5:7	And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:8	And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
Numbers 24:17	I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
1 Chronicles 1:1	Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
Luke 3:38	Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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