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Person

Seth

son of Adam and Eve

Son appointed to Adam and Eve after Abel's death.

9 appearances3 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Third named son of and , born after 's death as an appointed replacement and the ancestor through whom the favored line continues. Genesis notes that in his days people began to call on the name of the Lord, and his descendants include , Methuselah, and . His son and the long-lived patriarchs of his line fill the early genealogies of Genesis 5. 's genealogy of traces his ancestry back through Seth to Adam.

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