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Genesis 5:6

And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

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וַֽיְחִיvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.שֵׁ֕תshetShethשֵׁתnoun, proper name — “Sheth”H8352Sheth, third son of AdamSeth, Sheth.חָמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּמְאַ֣תumeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֱנֽוֹשׁenoshEnosאֱנוֹשׁnoun, proper name — “Enos”H583Enosh, a son of SethEnos.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

World English Bible

Seth lived one hundred five years, then became the father of Enosh.

Darby Translation

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

Douay-Rheims

Seth also lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enos.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔζησε δὲ Σὴθ πέντε καὶ διακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώς.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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