People of the Bible
Seth
also called Sheth · 3873 BC – 2961 BC · Genealogy of Jesus
Family
- Born
- Eden
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Seth · 3873 BC
- Lifetime of Seth · 3873 BC
- Birth of Enos · 3768 BC
- Death of Seth · 2961 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, “for God,” said she, “hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.”
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.