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  • Cainite and Sethite forms, are climaxed by the Cainite

    MYTH IN BIBLICAL TIMES FRANCIS LEE UTLEY 1968

  • But since Enoch was of the Sethite line where faith in the Saviour to come prevailed, he having lived in such faith, after his removal shares the glory that is theirs who believed on the Saviour.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • A check-up on chapter five will show that none of the Sethite line outlived the Flood year.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • We have shown above how "daughters of men" refers indiscriminately to all "the daughters of mankind," which were unfortunately lumped together by the sons of God without regard to their classification, whether Sethite or Cainite.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • This name and that of Lamech are identical in the Cainite and the Sethite line.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • But whereas the first statement concerning Noah's three sons naturally served to round out the Sethite genealogy, here, by following directly upon the statement of Noah's piety, the object must be to remind the readers of the effect that that piety must have had on his sons.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • The ninth patriarch of the Sethite line, grandson of Mathusala and son of Lamech, who with his family was saved from the Deluge and thus became the second father of the human race (Genesis 5: 25-9: 29).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • + The fourth in descent from Adam, according to the Sethite genealogy, and son of Cainan.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

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