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Enos
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Son of Seth, Adam's third son. In his time men began to call upon Yhwh (Genesis 4:26). At the age of ninety he begat Cainan, and he died at the age of 900 years (Genesis 5:9-11; 1 Chronicles 1:1). The name doubtless means "man," as it is equivalent to the often recurring "nomen appellativum" 
("man," Deuteronomy 32:26) and the Aramaic 
(Daniel 2:10). Enos and the descendants of Seth in general (Genesis 5:1 et seq.) have been regarded by some modern scholars as simply arbitrary pendants to the Cainites (Genesis 4:17-24); but the two series of names are very different.
Bibliography:
- Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo Lag das Paradies? p. 149;
- A. H. Sayce, in The Expository Times, 1898-99, pp. 352 et seq.;
- Hommel, Aufsätze und Abhandlungen, 1900, part , p. 222;
- Gunkel, Handkommentar zur Genesis, 1901, p. 46.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Enos'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/enos.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Enos'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/enos.html. 1901.
