Generations of Adam
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"Generations of Adam"[
Seth and Cain
The Sethite line begins with Adam. [1] The Sethite line in Genesis 5 extends to Noah and his three sons.[2] The Cainite line in Genesis 4 runs to Naamah.[citation needed] The seventh generation Lamech descended from Cain is described as the father of Jabal and Jubal (from his first wife Adah) and Tubal-cain and Naamah (from his second wife, Zillah).(Genesis 4:17–22; Genesis 5; Genesis 4:17–22; Genesis 5:1–32).
Sethite | Cainite |
---|---|
Seth | Cain |
Enosh |
Enoch |
Cainan | |
Mahalaleel | |
Jared |
Irad |
Enoch |
Mehujael
|
Methuselah | Methusael
|
Lamech | Lamech |
Noah | Naamah |
The Sethite line also gives ages at fatherhood and at death.[
The 2nd-century BC
Husband | Wife |
---|---|
Seth | Azura |
Enos | Noam |
Cainan | Mualaleth |
Mahalaleel | Dinah |
Jared | Baraka |
Enoch | Edna |
Methuselah | Edna |
Lamech | Betenos |
Noah | Emzara |
Comparisons
The Sethite genealogy may also be connected to the Sumerian King List.[3][4][5][7] Evidence for this include the solar symbolism of the seventh figure on each list (the Sumerian king Enmeduranna sharing his name with the city where worship of the sun god was focused, Enoch living 365 years).[3] Like Enoch, Enmeduranna's advisor Utuabzu ascended to heaven.[7] Fritz Hommel further argued that Amelon was Enosh (both third in the list with names meaning "mankind"), that Ammenon was Cainan/Cain (both fourth and connected to craftsmanship), and so on; noting that the tenth in each line was a hero who survived a world flood. Still, this position is argued against due to linguistic incompatibilities in half the names.[4] Similarities between Irad and Eridu have also been pointed out.[8] Thomas Kelly Cheyne argued that the two genealogies may also be connected to a North Arabian genealogy, one reproducing the other. Cheyne claimed that Mahalalel was a corruption of Jerahmeel, and Methuselah was a corruption of Ishmael.[5] Cheyne's theories are now rejected, however.[9]
The following table displays the most common line of comparison between the Sethite and Cainite lines (which reverses much of the Cainite list),[3][5][6][10] as well as North Arabian genealogy (per Cheyne),[5] and the Sumerian king list.[7]
Sethite line[citation needed] | Cainite line[citation needed] | North Arabian (Chayne)[5] | Sumerian kings[7] |
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1. Adam | 1. Adam | 1. Jerahmeel | 1. Alulim of Eridu |
2. Seth | 8. [Seth] | 2. Eshtaol | 2. Alalgar of Eridu |
3. Enosh | 9. [Enoch] | 3. Ishmael | 3. Enmenluanna of Bad-tibira |
4. Kenan | 2. Cain | 4. Kain | 4. Enmengalanna of Bad-tibira |
5. Mahalalel | 5. Mehujael | 5. Hanoch | 5. Dumuzid the Shepherd of Bad-tibira
|
6. Jared | 4. Irad | 6. Arvad |
6. Ensipazianna of Larak |
7. Enoch | 3. Enoch | 7. Jerahmeel | 7. Enmeduranna of Sippar |
8. Methuselah | 6. Methusael | 8. Ishmael | 8. Urbatutu of Shuruppak |
9. Lamech | 7. Lamech | 9. Jerahmeel | 9. [Illegible] |
10. Noah | 10. Naamah | 10. Nahman | 10. Ziusudra |
Additional chronology
Post-biblical Jewish chronicles, surviving primarily in Syriac and Geez, elaborate on the genealogies in Genesis.[citation needed]
- The Book of Enoch
- The Book of Jubilees
See also
References
- ^ Genesis 5:3
- ^ Genesis 5
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- ^ a b c Herzog, Johann Jakob; Schaff, Philip, eds. (1911). The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Vol. 10. Funk and Wagnalls Company. p. 375-377.
- ^ a b c d e f Cheyne, Thomas Kelly (1903). "Sethites". In Cheyne, Thomas Kelly; Black, John Sutherland (eds.). Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible. Vol. 4. A & C Black. pp. 4411–4414.
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- ISBN 978-90-04-17381-1. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Hirsch, Emil G.; Barton, George A. (1904). "Jerahmeel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 95f.
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