Enos (biblical figure)
Enos or Enosh (Hebrew: אֱנוֹשׁ ʾĔnōš; "mortal man"; Arabic: أَنُوش/يَانِش, romanized: Yāniš/’Anūš; Greek: Ἐνώς Enṓs; Ge'ez: ሄኖስ/Henos) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as the first son of Seth who figures in the Generations of Adam, and is also referred to within the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.[1]
For other uses, see Enosh (disambiguation).
Enosh
Islam and Mandaeism
Noam [1]
Kenan
more sons and daughters
- Seth (father)
Adam and Eve (grandparents)
Cain (uncle)
Abel (uncle)
Enoch (cousin)
Mahalalel (grandson)
Jared (great-grandson)
Enoch (great-great-grandson)
Methuselah (great-great-great-grandson)
Lamech (great-great-great-great-grandson)
Noah (great-great-great-great-great-grandson)
According to Christianity, he is part of the genealogy of Jesus as mentioned in Luke 3:38. Enos is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which honor him in an identical manner. Furthermore, early Islamic historians like Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham always included his name in the genealogy of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, (Arabic: ’Anūsh أَنُوش or: Yānish يَانِش).[2]
In the Hebrew Bible[edit]
According to the Masoretic Genesis, Seth was 105 years old when Enos was born [3] (but the Septuagint version gives 205 years[4]), and Seth had further sons and daughters. Enos was the grandson of Adam and Eve (Genesis 5:6–11; Luke 3:38). According to Seder Olam Rabbah, based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in AM 235. According to the Septuagint, it was in AM 435.
Enos was the father of Kenan, who was born when Enos was 90 years old[5] (or 190 years, according to the Septuagint).
According to the Bible, Enos died at the age of 905, when Noah was aged 84 (as per Masoretic chronology).