KJV ORIGINAL
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Enos lived a total of nine hundred and five years, and then he died.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse records that Enos lived 905 years before he died, showing the extraordinary lifespans of people in the early generations after creation.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the genealogy from Adam to Noah, documenting the lineage of Seth's descendants. In the early chapters of Genesis, people lived extraordinarily long lives, with lifespans gradually decreasing after the flood. Enos was Adam's grandson through Seth, and his name means 'mortal' or 'frail.'
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