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Enosh

Seth’s son and the grandson of Adam (Genesis 4:26; 1 Chronicles 1:1). He became the father of Kenan at 90 years of age, after which he had other sons and daughters, dying at the age of 905 (Genesis 5:6–11). He is mentioned as Jesus’s ancestor in Luke 3:38. Enosh is spelled “Enos” in the King James Version and Revised Standard Version.

See Ancestry of Jesus Christ.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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