Person
Seth
- Also called
- Sheth
- Father
- Mother
- Children
- Siblings
- Born
- 3874 BC · Eden
- Died
- 2962 BC
- Groups
- Genealogy of Jesus
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, “for God,” said she, “hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”
Timeline
- 3874 BCBirth of Seth · Genesis 4:25 – Luke 3:38 · Eden
- 3874 BCLifetime of Seth · Genesis 5:6–8
- 3769 BCBirth of Enos · Genesis 4:26 – 1 Chronicles 1:1
- 2962 BCDeath of Seth · Genesis 5:8