And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And all the days or Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. According to the Arabic writers n, this man was a very good man, governed his people well, and instructed them in the ways of righteousness, and the fear of God; and when his end drew nigh, his offspring gathered about him for his blessing; and calling them to him, he ordered them by his will to practise holiness, and exhorted them not to mix with the offspring of Cain the murderer; and having appointed Cainan his successor, he died in the year of his age nine hundred and five, A. M. 1340, and was buried in the holy mountain; but according to Bishop Usher it was A. M. 1140.
n Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 231.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Ver. 11. And he died. ] This final account is given in of them all, though never so dear to God. And it puts me in mind of a speech of Theodosius the good emperor; – It a is no news that a man dies: but that a man, dead in trespasses and sins, rises again by repentance to a life well pleasing to God, this is a marvellous matter, a just wonder. See Trapp on “ Gen 5:5 “ See Trapp on “ Gen 5:8 “
a Niceph. Callist.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
am 1140, bc 2864
died: Gen 5:5