Genesis 4:26

A.M. 235. B.C. 3769. To him. Genesis 4:6-8 Enos. Heb. Enosh. Deuteronomy 26:17 Deuteronomy 26:18 1 Kings 18:24 Psalms 116:17 Isaiah 44:5 Isaiah 48:1 Isaiah 63:19 Jeremiah 33:16 Joel 2:32 Zephaniah 3:9 Acts 2:21 Acts 11:26 Romans 10:13 1 Corinthians 1:2 Ephesians 3:14 Ephesians 3:15

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XX. Sheth 25. שׁת shēt , Sheth, “placed, put.” 26. אנישׁ 'enôsh , Enosh, “man, sickly.” בשׁם קרא qero' beshēm means, first,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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²⁶ And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:i then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 4:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 4:26