KJV King James Version
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 5:4
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEB World English Bible
The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
ASV American Standard Version
and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.
Surrounding context — Genesis 5
1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
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:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
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וַיִּֽהְי֣וּH1961 · ha.yahto beיְמֵי־H3117 · yomdayאָדָ֗םH121 · a.damAdamאַֽחֲרֵי֙H310 · a.charafterהוֹלִיד֣וֹH3205 · ya.ladto begetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׁ֔תH8352 · shetSethשְׁמֹנֶ֥הH8083 · she.mo.neheightמֵאֹ֖תH3967 · me.ahhundredשָׁנָ֑הH8141 · sha.nehyearוַיּ֥וֹלֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetבָּנִ֖יםH1121 · benson: childוּבָנֽוֹת׃H1323 · batdaughter
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 1:1-3Adam, Sheth, Enosh,Luke 3:36-38Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,Genesis 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 5:30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.Psalm 144:12That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.Psalm 127:3Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.Genesis 11:12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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