What does Genesis 4:26 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:i then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."
Verse Genesis 4:26. _THEN BEGAN MEN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD._] The marginal reading is, _Then began men to call_ themselves _by the_ _name of the Lord_; which words are supposed to signify...
- XX. Sheth 25. שׁת _shēt_, Sheth, “placed, put.” 26. אנישׁ _'enôsh_, Enosh, “man, sickly.” בשׁם קרא _qero'_ _beshēm_ means, first, to call an object by its name Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah...
CHAPTER 4 After the Fall and the Two Seeds _ 1. Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1)_ 2. Their offerings (Genesis 4:3) 3. The divine remonstrance (Genesis 4:6) 4. Abel slain by his brother (Genesis 4:8)...
Cainite and Sethite Genealogies. Genesis 4:17 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the human race is derived from A...
ENOS. trail, incurable. BEGAN. See notes on next page. BEGAN. Not began to worship: for Abel worshipped, and others, doubtless, long before. But here: "began to call upon [their gods] by the name of...
The Line of Seth These two verses begin the line of Seth which is parallel to that of Cain. The more complete genealogy, found in ch. 5, comes from a different source (P). But it is not unlikely that...
DISCOURSE: 10 INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC WORSHIP Genesis 4:26. _Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord._ OF the various institutions of religion, some were clearly founded on an express appointm...
THEN BEGAN MEN TO CALL, &C.— Our marginal translation seems to give us the most proper sense: _then began men to call_ themselves _by the name of the Lord: i.e._. that distinction then took place, whi...
PART NINETEEN: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MESSIANIC LINE (Genesis 4:25 to Genesis 5:32) 1. _The Birth of Seth_ 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For, said sh...
_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._ Called his name Enos - or Enosh; i:e., man, weak, frail mortal. The nam...
4:26 Enosh. (f-16) Man, as weak, mortal, Psalms 8:4 ; Psalms 103:15 . on (g-22) Or 'to call themselves by,' but see chs. 12.8; 13.4; 21.33; 26.25....
CAIN AND ABEL. THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in the human race, and speedily de...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 4 CAIN KILLS ABEL V1 Adam had sex with his wife Eve and she became *pregnant. Her son Cain was born. She said, ‘I have gained a man by the *Lord’s...
HE CALLED HIS NAME ENOS. — Heb., _Enosh,_ that is, _man._ We thus find language growing. Up to this time there had been two names for _man:_ Adam, which also in Assyrian — another Semitic dialect — ha...
וּ לְ שֵׁ֤ת גַּם ־הוּא֙ יֻלַּד ־בֵּ֔ן וַ יִּקְרָ֥א אֶת ־שְׁמֹ֖ו אֱנֹ֑ושׁ אָ֣ז הוּחַ֔ל...
CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His object is to write the history of r...
CAIN'S CAREER Genesis 4:9 God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is thy brother?” We _are_ our brother's keepers. All related to us, within our reach, or needin...
The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the seed...
THE PROMISED SEED The promised seed might have come through Abel, but he was dead. Man might have seen that as an end to the plan of salvation. After all, the one righteous man had been killed by a s...
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to (t) call upon the name of the LORD. (t) In these days God began to move the hearts of the godly to restor...
Began to call upon, &c. Not that Adam and Seth had not called upon God before the birth of Enos, but that Enos used more solemnity in the worship and invocation of God. (Challoner) --- He directed all...
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. Enos signifying wretchedness; in allusion, perhaps. to the fallen state ...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
_THE FIRST TRUE WORSHIPPERS_ ‘Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.’ Genesis 4:26 Prayer is speaking to God—on any subject, with any object, in any place, and in any way. I. PRAYER SO...
26._Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord_. In the verb ‘to call upon,’ there is a _synecdochee_, for it embraces generally the whole worship of God. But religion is here properly designate...
But grace could work. The grace of a God above the evil of man, and Abel approaches Him by faith. Hereon follows the separation of the families of God and of the enemy, of the world and of faith. Abel...
AND TO SETH, TO HIM ALSO THERE WAS BORN A SON,.... When he was an hundred and five years old, Genesis 5:6 and this is mentioned as a further proof and instance of God's goodness to Adam's family in th...
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. Ver. 26. _Then began men to call upon, &c._] Publicly, and in solemn asse...
Gen. 4:26. "And to Seth, to him also," etc. The right translation probably is, "Then began men to call by the name of the Lord," or "in the name of the Lord," - _i.e., _ then they began to call themse...
_And to Seth was born_ a son called _Enos_, which is the general name for all men, and speaks the weakness, frailty, and misery of man's state. _Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord_ Doubt...
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel. 9 The curse of Cain. 17 Enoch the first citie. 19 Lamech and his two wiues. 25 The birth of Seth, 26 and Enos. 1 AND Ada...
Seth and Enos...
SECOND SECTION _Cain and Abel. The Cainites. The ungodly Worldliness of the First Civilization._ GENESIS 4:1-26 1And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare Cain [the gotten, or possessi...
CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain, which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who pla...
ENOS: _ Heb._ Enosh CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD: Or, to call themselves by the Name of the LORD...
25,26 Our first parents were comforted in their affliction by the birth of a son, whom they called Seth, that is, 'set,' 'settled,' or 'placed;' in his seed mankind should continue to the end of time...
ENOS properly signifies a _miserable man, _ to note the great wickedness and wretchedness of that generation, which the Hebrew writers generally observe. TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD; to pray unt...
& Genesis 5:1-32 As each section of the Book of Genesis opens before us, we are furnished with fresh evidence of the fact that we are travelling over, what a recent writer has well termed, "the seed-...
Genesis 4:26 Seth H8352 him H1931 son H1121 born H3205 (H8795) named H7121 (H8799) H8034 Enosh H583 began H2490 (H8717) call H7121 (H8800) name H8034 LORD H3068 TO SETH - GENESIS 4:6-8 Enosh -...
‘And Seth, to him was born a son and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of Yahweh.' Enosh is another word for ‘man'. It stresses the frailty of man. The phrase ‘call...
ENOS That is, mortal. CALL UPON THE NAME Or, call themselves by the name of Jehovah. Contrast (Genesis 12:8); (Genesis 26:25)....
Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced somet...
CONTENTS: First sons of Adam, Cain and Abel. Murder of Abel. First civilization. Birth of Seth. CHARACTERS: Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth. CONCLUSION: Attainment can never take the place of Atonement....
Genesis 4:1. _I have gotten._ קניתי _kaniti,_ from the root _kana,_ he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word _created._ God...
_Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord_ PRAYER Prayer is speaking to God--on any subject, with any object, in any place, and in any way. I. PRAYER SO REGARDED IS AN INSTINCT. It seems to...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 4:25 ANOTHER OFFSPRING. Compare “her offspring” (Genesis 3:15). AT THAT TIME PEOPLE BEGAN TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD. This suggests that the birth of Seth marks a new be...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:23. Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may perhaps thus approach the metrical cast of the original:—...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 4:17 Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find, relief from the gnawing agonies of remor...
Lets turn to Genesis Chapter four. Adam and Eve have been expelled from the Garden of Eden because of their disobedience to God. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said...
A.M. 235. B.C. 3769. To him. Genesis 4:6 Enos. Heb. Enosh. Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 26:18 1 Kings 18:24 Psalms 116:17 Isaiah 44:5 Isaiah 48:1 Isaiah 63:19 Jeremiah 33:16...
And to Seth was born a son called Enos, which is the general name for all men, and speaks the weakness, frailty, and misery of man's state. Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord — Doubtless...
Did worship of God begin here or earlier? PROBLEM: According to this verse, people did not begin “to call on the name of the Lord” until the days of Enosh, the third son of Adam and Eve. Yet their fi...