King James Version
Genesis 5:8 in the King James Version says “And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.”
Genesis 5:8 · KJV
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: Enos: Heb. Enosh
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: Cainan: Heb. Kenan
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And all 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
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