Person
Enos
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Man the son of Seth, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke 3:38). He lived nine hundred and five years. In his time “men began to call upon the name of the Lord” (Gen. 4:26), meaning either (1) then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord (marg.) i.e., to distinguish themselves thereby from idolaters; or (2) then men in some public and earnest way began to call upon the Lord, indicating a time of spiritual revival.
Timeline
- 3769 BCBirth of Enos · Genesis 4:26 – 1 Chronicles 1:1
- 3769 BCLifetime of Enos · Genesis 5:9–11
- 3679 BCBirth of Cainan · Genesis 5:9 – Luke 3:37
- 2864 BCDeath of Enos · Genesis 5:11