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==In the Hebrew Bible== |
==In the Hebrew Bible== |
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According to Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old |
According to Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:3|HE}}</ref>, "a son in his likeness and image." According to [[Seder Olam Rabbah]], based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in 130 [[Anno Mundi|AM]]. According to the [[Septuagint]], it was in 230 AM. {{bibleverse||Genesis|5:4-5|HE}} states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. According to [[Aggadah]], Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters. |
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In {{bibleverse||Genesis|4:25|HE}} there is a play on Seth's name which sounds similar to the Hebrew word for "set, place, put" (''syt''). Eve says, "God has ''set'' me other offspring". |
In {{bibleverse||Genesis|4:25|HE}} there is a play on Seth's name which sounds similar to the Hebrew word for "set, place, put" (''syt''). Eve says, "God has ''set'' me other offspring". |
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Seth had a son, [[Enos (Bible)|Enos]], at age 105 |
Seth had a son, [[Enos (Bible)|Enos]], at age 105<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:6|HE}}</ref>, and further sons and daughters. Seth's only named grandson was [[Kenan]], son of Enos,<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:9|HE}}</ref> who was born when Seth was 195 years old. Seth was 265 when his great-grandson [[Mahalalel]] was born,<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:12|HE}}</ref> and 330 when his great-great-grandson [[Jared]] was born.<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:15|HE}}</ref> Seth lived to see three more generations. |
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Seth lived to an age of 912.<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5:8|HE}}</ref> According to the Seder Olam Rabbah, he died in 1042 AM, and 1142 AM according to the Septuagint. |
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==In Judaism== |
==In Judaism== |
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Revision as of 04:01, 7 August 2010
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| Children | Enos several more sons and daughters |
| Parent(s) | Adam and Eve |
| Relatives | Kenan - grandson |
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| Holy Forefather | |
| Venerated in | Armenian Apostolic Church Islam |
| Feast | July 26 |
Seth (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Šet, Tiberian Šēṯ; Arabic: شيث Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who are the only other of their children mentioned by name. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed God had appointed him as replacement for Abel, whom Cain had killed.
In the Hebrew Bible
According to Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old[1], "a son in his likeness and image." According to Seder Olam Rabbah, based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in 130 AM. According to the Septuagint, it was in 230 AM. Genesis 5:4–5 states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his death, aged 930 years. According to Aggadah, Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters.
In Genesis 4:25 there is a play on Seth's name which sounds similar to the Hebrew word for "set, place, put" (syt). Eve says, "God has set me other offspring".
Seth had a son, Enos, at age 105[2], and further sons and daughters. Seth's only named grandson was Kenan, son of Enos,[3] who was born when Seth was 195 years old. Seth was 265 when his great-grandson Mahalalel was born,[4] and 330 when his great-great-grandson Jared was born.[5] Seth lived to see three more generations.
Seth lived to an age of 912.[6] According to the Seder Olam Rabbah, he died in 1042 AM, and 1142 AM according to the Septuagint.
In Judaism
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi) refers to Seth as the ancestor of Noah and hence the father of all mankind, all other humans having perished in the Great Flood.
In gnosticism, Seth is seen as a replacement given by God for Abel, whom Cain had slain. It is said that late in life, Adam gave Seth secret teachings that would become the kabbalah. The Zohar refers to Seth as "ancestor of all the generations of the tzaddikim" (Hebrew: righteous ones).[7]
In Islam
In Islam, Seth is seen as a prophet. Although he is not explicitly mentioned in the Holy Qur'an, Muslims believe that Seth was the son of Adam, and continued to preach the message after him.
In Josephus
In the Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus refers to Seth as virtuous and of excellent character, and reports that his descendants invented the wisdom of the heavenly bodies, and built the "pillars of the sons of Seth", two pillars inscribed with many scientific discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's prediction that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction. One was composed of brick, and the other of stone, so that if the pillar of brick should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Josephus reports that the pillar of stone remained in the land of Siriad in his day.
William Whiston, a 17/18th century translator of the Antiquities, stated in a footnote that he believed Josephus mistook Seth for Sesostris, king of Egypt, the erector of the referenced pillar in Siriad (being a contemporary name for the territories in which Sirius was venerated, i.e., Egypt). He stated that there was no way for any pillars of Seth to survive the deluge, because the deluge buried all such pillars and edifices far underground in the sediment of its waters.
In Christianity
The Armenian Apostolic Church counts Seth as one of the Holy Forefathers, along with Adam, Abel, and others, with a feast day of July 26.
See also
References
- ^ Genesis 5:3
- ^ Genesis 5:6
- ^ Genesis 5:9
- ^ Genesis 5:12
- ^ Genesis 5:15
- ^ Genesis 5:8
- ^ Zohar 1:36b