3794/3793 BC
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Seth
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Seth.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 130–1042
Genesis 5:8 · 2882/2881 BC
Original year-by-year timeline
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Reference library
Look up Seth in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Seth →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Seth →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Seth →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Seth →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Seth
Creation year 1303794/3793 BC
Seth is born
The first explicit age calculation in the genealogy: Adam’s year 0 plus 130 years.
Genesis 5:3 · KJV
“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:”
Jasher 2:1
Open Creation year 130 in the Original Timeline →And it was in the hundred and thirtieth year of the life of Adam upon the earth, that he again knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bare a son in his likeness and in his image, and she called his name Seth, saying, Because God has appointed me another seed in the place of Abel, for Cain has slain him.
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