Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 5:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
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Role in This Section
Enosh fathers Kenan at age ninety, advancing the selected family line another generation.
Read It With
- Genesis 5:1–32
Read Genesis 5:9–11 together. Verse 9 begins the entry; verses 10–11 add later life, other children, the total, and death.
Why It Needs Context
This verse does not complete Enosh's entry by itself; the connected verses supply the later years, other children, total lifespan, and death notice.
Read Genesis 5:9–11 together
Why these verses belong together: Enosh's fatherhood, later years, other children, total, and death form one complete genealogical entry.
Verse 9. 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Verse 10. 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Verse 11. 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 5:1–32 — Adam's Generations Carry Life Through Death to NoahSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 5:1–32
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Toledot heading, Adam/humanity wording, image and likeness, formulaic genealogy, Enoch walking and taking, death refrain, and Noah-comfort wordplay.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 5:1–32
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