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SETH.—The third son of Adam, Gen_4:25 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ) Gen_5:3 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), 1Ch_1:1, Luk_3:38. In the first of these passages J [Note: Jahwist.] assigns a characteristic etymology for the name, Eve being made to say, ‘God hath set (shâth) for me another seed instead of Abel,’ for which reason she called him Shçth (i.e. ‘setting’ or ‘slip’). In Sir_49:16 Seth is coupled with Shem as ‘glorified among men.’