1 Chronicles 1:1
New International Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

New Living Translation
The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,

English Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;

Berean Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

King James Bible
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

New King James Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

New American Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

NASB 1995
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

NASB 1977
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Legacy Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Amplified Bible
Adam [his genealogical line], Seth, Enosh,

Christian Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

American Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

English Revised Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Good News Translation
Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan,

International Standard Version
Adam fathered Seth, who fathered Enosh,

Majority Standard Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

NET Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

New Heart English Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Webster's Bible Translation
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

World English Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Young's Literal Translation
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Smith's Literal Translation
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Adam, Seth, Enos,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Adam, Seth, Enos,

New American Bible
Adam, Seth, Enosh,

New Revised Standard Version
Adam, Seth, Enosh;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
ADAM, Sheth, Enosh,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Adam, Shayth, Enosh.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
ADAM, SETH, Enosh;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Adam, Seth, Enos,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
From Adam to Abraham
1Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,…

Cross References
Genesis 5:1-3
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. / Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.” / When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

Genesis 10:1-32
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. / The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. / The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ...

Luke 3:36-38
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, / the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, / the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Genesis 4:25-26
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” / And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 5:4-32
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. / So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. / When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. ...

Genesis 9:18-19
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. / These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

Genesis 11:10-26
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. / And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. / When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. ...

Romans 5:12-14
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 3:20
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

Genesis 6:9-10
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. / And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

Genesis 8:18
So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.


Treasury of Scripture

Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

Sheth.

Genesis 4:25,26
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 5:3,8
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: …

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.

Seth.

Genesis 5:9-11
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: …

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.

Enos.

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1 Chronicles 1
1. Adam's line to Noah.
5. The sons of Japheth.
8. The sons of Ham.
17. The sons of Shem.
24. Shem's line to Abraham.
29. Ishmael's sons.
32. The sons of Keturah.
34. The posterity of Abraham by Esau.
38. The sons of Seir.
43. The kings of Edom.
51. The dukes of Edom.














Adam
The name "Adam" is derived from the Hebrew word "אָדָם" (adam), which means "man" or "mankind." In the biblical context, Adam is the first human created by God, as described in Genesis. His creation marks the beginning of humanity and the unfolding of God's plan for mankind. Adam's life and actions set the stage for the narrative of sin and redemption that permeates the Bible. Theologically, Adam is often seen as a type of Christ, the "last Adam," who brings life and redemption (1 Corinthians 15:45). The mention of Adam in 1 Chronicles 1:1 serves as a reminder of humanity's origins and the divine intention for human life to reflect God's image.

Seth
"Seth" comes from the Hebrew "שֵׁת" (Shet), meaning "appointed" or "placed." Seth was born to Adam and Eve after the murder of Abel by Cain, as recorded in Genesis 4:25. Eve named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him." Seth represents the continuation of the godly line through which the promise of redemption would come. His birth signifies hope and the perpetuation of God's plan despite human sinfulness. Seth's lineage is crucial as it leads to Noah and eventually to Abraham, through whom all nations would be blessed.

Enosh
The name "Enosh" is derived from the Hebrew "אֱנוֹשׁ" (Enosh), meaning "man" or "mortal." Enosh is the son of Seth and the grandson of Adam. His name reflects the frailty and mortality of humanity, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture. During Enosh's time, "men began to call on the name of the LORD" (Genesis 4:26), indicating a revival or beginning of public worship and a turning to God. This marks a significant development in the spiritual history of mankind, highlighting the importance of seeking God and establishing a relationship with Him. Enosh's mention in the genealogical record underscores the continuity of faith and the preservation of a remnant devoted to God amidst a world increasingly marred by sin.

(1) Adam (man) is here treated as a proper name; in Genesis 5:1-5 it is an appellative.

The Chaldeans also had a tradition of ten antediluvian patriarchs or kings, beginning with Alorus and ending with Xisuthrus (Hasis-Adra), the hero of the Flood. They made the duration of this first period of human history 432,000 years. Remembering that Abraham, the Hebrew, was from "Ur (Uru, the city) of the Chaldees," we can hardly suppose the two accounts to be independent of each other. The comparative simplicity and, above all, the decided monotheism of the Hebrew relation, give a high probability to the assumption that it represents a more original form of the tradition.

Sheth, Enosh.--Those who have imagined the present list to be a mere duplicate of that given in Genesis 4:17 sqq., and who explain the whole by the fatally easy process of resolving all these different names into a capricious repetition of one original solar figure, are obliged to admit a difficulty in connection with the names of Sheth and Enosh, which are acknowledged "not to belong to mythology at all" (Prof. Goldziher). Considering that most Hebrew names have a distinct and intentional significance, it is obviously a mere exercise of ingenuity to invest them with a mythological character. Meanwhile, such speculations cannot possibly be verified.

Verses 1-4. - A. LIST OF GENERATIONS FROM ADAM TO NOAH. These verses contain a line of genealogical descents, ten in number, from Adam to Noah, adding mention of the three sons of the latter. The stride from Adam to Seth, and the genealogy's entire obliviousness of Cain and Abel, are full of suggestion. All of these thirteen names in the Hebrew and in the Septuagint Version, though not those in the Authorized Version, are facsimiles of those which occur in Genesis 5. They are not accompanied, however, here, as they are there, by any chronological attempt. Probably the main reason of this is that any references of the kind were quite beside the objects which the compiler of this work had in view. It is, however, possible that other reasons for this chronological silence may have existed. The uncertainities attaching to the chronology found in Genesis, as regards this table, may have been suspected or evident - uncertainties which afterwards proclaim themselves so loudly in the differences observable between the Hebrew, Samaritan, and Septuagint versions. Thus the Hebrew text exhibits the total aggregate of years from Adam to the birth of Noah, as amounting to one thousand and fifty-six; the Samaritan version to seven hundred and seven only; and the Septuagint to as many as sixteen hundred and sixty-two; nevertheless, all three agree in adding five hundred years onward to the birth of Shem, and another hundred years to the coming of the Flood. It must be remarked of this first genealogical table, whether occurring here or in Genesis, that, notwithstanding its finished appearance, notwithstanding the impression it undoubtedly first makes on the reader, that it purports to give all the intervening generations from the first to Shem, it may not be so; nor be intended to convey that impression. It is held by some that names are omitted, and with them of course the years which belonged to them. There can be no doubt that this theory would go far to remove several great difficulties, and that some analogies might be invoked in support of it, from the important genealogies of the New Testament. The altogether abrupt opening of this book - a succession of proper names without any verb or predication - cannot be considered as even partially compensated by the first sentence of ch. 9, "So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah." This verse applies directly to the genealogies of Israel and the tribes, beginning ch. 2:1, while under any circumstances, we must look on the first portion of this book as a series of tables, here and there slightly annotated, and suddenly suspended before the eyes.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Adam,
אָדָ֥ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 121: Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley

Seth,
שֵׁ֖ת (šêṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8352: Seth -- a son of Adam

Enosh,
אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ (’ĕ·nō·wōš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 583: Enosh -- 'man', a son of Seth


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