Antediluvian · Patriarch

Seth

Patriarch

Era

Antediluvian

Tribe

Before the tribes

Roles

Patriarch

Lifespan

912 years · 105 at named sonHebrew · Masoretic

Text traditions are manuscript families. Their numbers can differ, so each age or reign keeps its own tradition tag.

Father

Adam

Mother

Eve

Biography

Seth was born to Adam and Eve after Abel's death, and Eve named him because God had appointed another offspring for her instead of Abel . A son named Enosh was born to Seth, and in those days people began to call on Yahweh's name .

Genesis 5 places Seth in Adam's line, born when Adam was 130 . Seth fathered Enosh at 105, lived 912 years, and died .

Luke places Seth in the genealogy of Jesus between Adam and Enosh .

In Scripture

Place in the Line

The cited biological line from Seth runs through Enosh toward Jesus; later it has multiple parsed branches: Solomon, Nathan.

6 generations

9 generations

23 generations

38 generations

6 generations

9 generations

23 generations

38 generations

Where scholars differ

Which ancient textual tradition's ages should be used for Genesis 5 and 11?

What is in question: Genesis 5 and 11 preserve different age numbers in different textual traditions, so chronology depends on which tradition is being followed.

One reading

Use the Masoretic Text ages

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Claim: The main display uses the Masoretic Text, the traditional Hebrew text behind many Old Testament editions, unless another tradition is named.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the sections where the ages appear; the local age data is tagged by textual tradition.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Another reading

Account for Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch ages

contested

Claim: The Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation, and the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Samaritan form of the Torah, preserve different age figures in these chapters.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the same age lists, but the numbers differ across these textual traditions.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: The Masoretic Text is the default for most Hebrew-based Old Testament displays and for this site. The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch remain important ancient witnesses, so chronology should be stated with the textual tradition named.

Graph note: The graph keeps dates and ages tradition-tagged rather than flattening them into a single chronology.