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The Cave of Treasures 12

1 min 1 verses Translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge, 1927, public domain. Chapters follow Budge's section headings; verse numbers are this archive's own divisions, and his notes are omitted.

The Birth and Posterity of Seth

Adam and Eve mourned for Abel one hundred years before she brought forth Seth the Beautiful. Themes: Lineage and Genealogy

A1🔗nd Adam and Eve mourned for Abel one hundred years (sic). And then Adam knew his wife again, and she brought forth Seth, the Beautiful, a man mighty and perfect like unto Adam, and he became the father of the mighty men who lived before the Flood. And to Seth was born Ànôsh (Enos), and Ánósh begot Kainán (Cainan), and Kainán begot Mahlalail (Mahalaleel); these [are] the Patriarchs who were born in the days of Adam.

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Adam and Eve mourned for Abel one hundred years before she brought forth Seth the Beautiful.

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Seth the Beautiful was a man mighty and perfect like unto Adam himself.

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Seth became the father of the mighty men who lived before the Flood.

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Seth fathered Anosh, who begot Kainan, who in turn begot Mahlalail.

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Anosh, Kainan, and Mahlalail were Patriarchs born in the days of Adam.

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