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From Enos to Jared
v. 9. And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan.
v. 10. And Enos lived after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
v. 11. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years; and he died. Although there is some distant resemblance between some of the names in this list and those of the Cainites, the meaning which is attached to this fact by enemies of Scriptures as though the two accounts had originally been the same is absolutely without foundation. The children of God and the children of the world at that time were strictly separate.
v. 12. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel.
v. 13. And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters.
v. 14. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
v. 15. And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared.
v. 16. And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
v. 17. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
v. 18. And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch.
v. 19. And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
v. 20. And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years; and he died. The ever recurring circle of birth and death is here brought out with great impressiveness, bidding us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.