Chapter 5
Genesis 5:8
RBT Translation:
And they are becoming the whole of the days of Seth are double ten211 of a duplication and nine hundred of a duplication, and he is dying.
LITV Translation:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years And he died.
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years And he died.
ESV Translation:
Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Footnotes
| 211 | double ten. Hebrew שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙, shettayim esreh. Likely describing the twelve tribes in terms of a pair and ten, hence the dual two and ten. The pair representing the Chosen Sons/Builders are the southern tribes of Israel, Judah and Benjamin. The ten tribes of the north went into captivity. |