King James Version

Genesis 5:9

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

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וַֽיְחִ֥יvaychiand 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.אֱנ֖וֹשׁenoshEnosאֱנוֹשׁnoun, proper name — “Enos”H583Enosh, a son of SethEnos.תִּשְׁעִ֣יםtishimninetyתִּשְׁעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “ninety”, the ordinary formH8673ninetyninety.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).קֵינָֽןqeynanKenanקֵינָןnoun, proper name — “Kenan”H7018Kenan, an antediluvianCainan, Kenan.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

World English Bible

Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

Darby Translation

And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

Douay-Rheims

And Enos lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἐννεήκοντα· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν.