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The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Son of Seth, Adam's third son. In his time men began to call upon Yhwh (Genesis 4:26). At the age of ninety he begat Cainan, and he died at the age of 900 years (Genesis 5:9-11; 1 Chronicles 1:1). The name doubtless means "man," as it is equivalent to the often recurring "nomen appellativum" ("man," Deuteronomy 32:26) and the Aramaic (Daniel 2:10). Enos and the descendants of Seth in general (Genesis 5:1 et seq.) have been regarded by some modern scholars as simply arbitrary pendants to the Cainites (Genesis 4:17-24); but the two series of names are very different.