King James Version
Genesis 5:4 in the King James Version says “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:”
Genesis 5:4 · KJV
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: Enos: Heb. Enosh
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“and he begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“were eight”
H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
“and he begat”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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