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Who Were Adam and Eve’s Grandchildren?

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Summary

  • The Bible names two grandsons of Adam and Eve: Enoch (son of Cain) and Enosh (son of Seth).
  • Cain’s line builds cities and crafts; Seth’s line begins to call on the name of the Lord.
  • Genesis 5 traces Seth’s line through ten generations to Noah — and Luke’s genealogy to Christ.
  • Enoch who walked with God breaks the death-pattern of the genealogy and points to faith.

Who Were Adam and Eve’s Grandchildren? The Bible names two of them. The first is Enoch, son of Cain: “Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When Cain built a city, he named it after his son Enoch” (Genesis 4:17). The second is Enosh, son of Seth: “To Seth also a son was born, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to invoke the name of the Lord” (Genesis 4:26). These two grandsons —…

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Bibliography:

Holy Bible, New International Version. Biblica, 2011. Genesis 4–5; Luke 3:23–38; Hebrews 11:5.

Demsky, Aaron. Studies on biblical genealogies and ancient Near Eastern naming.

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