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Are the writers of Genesis trying to compare Cain's (Genesis 4:6) and Adam's lineages (Genesis 5) to show the difference between a community that follows God and a community that moves away from God? Is there a significance behind Enoch's appearance in Cain's lineage and Enoch in Adam's?
- Leon R. Kass, author of The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis says that the line of ten generations from Adam to Noah begs to be compared to t...
- There most definitely is a connection! Both Adam and Enosh mean ‘man’. Thus The LORD was almost starting again through Seth!!! (Kind of like He did...
- Though it certainly seems that the righteous genealogy is contrasted against the unrighteous one, it is doubtful whether the repeated mention of th...
- I think Cain's line was trying to somewhat fulfill God's plan. I think this behavior is from Satan himself who try's to do this in other situations...
May 15, 2014 · Based on the evidence presented thus far, the following summary is an attempt to merge the two perspectives into a single narrative: In the seventhgeneration, Methushael, a descendant of Cain, became the father of Lamech. Many years later, Jared, a descendant of Seth, became the father of Enoch.
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Mar 16, 2023 · The Bible mentions two men named Enoch across several verses, starting in Genesis and ending in the Book of Jude. The first Enoch was a son of Cain. “And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch” ( Genesis 4:17 KJV, emphasis added).
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17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch 1. 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad 2: and Irad begat Mehujael 3: and Mehujael begat Methusael 4: and Methusael begat Lamech 5.
Dec 22, 2016 · There is no comparison between the genealogy of chapters four and five, however there is a comparison being made between the genealogy of chapters four and the end of chapter four. Genesis 4 17-18a (ESV) 17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch.
A genealogy tracing the descendants of Cain is given in Genesis 4, while the line from Seth down to Noah appears in Genesis 5. Scholars have noted similarities between these descents: most of the names in each are variants of those in the other, though their order differs, with the names of Enoch and Mahalalel/Mehujael switching places in the ...
Enoch ( / ˈiːnək / ⓘ) [note 1] is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible. The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God.
