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(compensation), ( Genesis 4:25 ; 6:3 ; 1 Chronicles 1:1 ) the third son of Adam, and father of Enos. (B.C. 3870.) Adam handed down to Seth and his descendants the promise of mercy, faith in which became the distinction of God’s children. ( Genesis 4:26 )
(hidden), the Asherite spy, son of Michael. ( Numbers 13:13 ) (B.C. 1490.)
(compensation). The patriarch Seth. ( 1 Chronicles 1:1 ) In the Authorized Version of ( Numbers 24:17 ) not a proper name, but there is reason to regard it as an appellative. Read instead of “the sons of Sheth.” “the suns of tumult.” Comp. ( Jeremiah 48:45 )
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