And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Parallel translations
- WEB The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
- BSB And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- NKJV After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.
- NASB Then the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters.
- NLT After the birth of Seth, Adam lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
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Quick answer
After Seth's birth Adam lives 800 more years and fathers other sons and daughters. It records the multiplying of humanity through Adam's line.
Overview
The note of further sons and daughters shows humanity multiplying in fulfillment of God's creation mandate. Adam's long life reflects the early period of human history portrayed in this chapter. The genealogy focuses on the chosen line through Seth while acknowledging the broader human family.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Chr 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,
- Gen 5:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 5:30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
- Gen 11:12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
- Gen 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.
- Ps 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:
- Gen 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Ps 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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