GEN 5:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) After Shet’s birth, Adam lived another 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἀδὰμ, ἃς ἔζησε μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σὴθ, ἔτη ἑπτακόσια· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.
(Egenonto de hai haʸmerai Adam, has ezaʸse meta to gennaʸsai auton ton Saʸth, etaʸ heptakosia; kai egennaʸsen huious kai thugateras. )

BrTr And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

ULT And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

UST After Seth’s birth, Adam lived another 800 years. He also had other sons as well as daughters.

BSB And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

OEB Adam lived for eight hundred years after he had Seth; and he had sons and daughters.

WEBBE The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters.

LSV And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years [[or seven hundred years]], and he begets sons and daughters.

FBV Adam lived another 800 years after Seth was born, and had other sons and daughters.

T4T After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters.

LEB And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.

BBE And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

ASV and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.

DRA And the days of Adam, after he begot Seth, were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters.

YLT And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

Drby And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

RV and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.

Wbstr And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

KJB-1769 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

KJB-1611 [fn]And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and daughters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

5:4 1. Chron. 1.1. &c.

Bshps Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth yeres, and he begat sonnes and daughters.
(Al the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth years, and he begat sons and daughters.)

Gnva And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
(And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth years, and he begat sons and daughters. )

Cvdl & lyued therafter eight hudreth yeare, and begat sonnes and doughters.
(& lyued therafter eight hudreth year, and begat sons and daughters.)

Wycl And the daies of Adam after that he gendride Seth weren maad eiyte hundrid yeer, and he gendride sones and douytris.
(And the days of Adam after that he begat/gave_birth_to Seth were made eight hundred year, and he begat/gave_birth_to sons and daughters.)

Luth und lebte danach achthundert Jahre und zeugete Söhne und Töchter;
(and lebte after/thereafter/then achthundert years and zeugete sons and Töchter;)

ClVg Et facti sunt dies Adam, postquam genuit Seth, octingenti anni: genuitque filios et filias.
(And facti are days Adam, postquam genuit Seth, octingenti anni: genuitque filios and daughters. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יִּֽהְי֣וּ יְמֵי אָדָ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣⁠וֹ אֶת שֵׁ֔ת

and=they_were days_of humankind after fathering=by_him/it DOM Shet/Shēt

Alternate translation: “After he had Seth, he lived” or “After Seth was born, Adam lived”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה

eight hundreds year

For some languages, it may be more natural to change the clause order of this sentence and say, “Adam lived 800 more years after Seth was born …” Do what is best in your language throughout this chapter. Alternate translation: “800 more years,”

וַ⁠יּ֥וֹלֶד

and=he/it_fathered

This clause probably refers to all the other children that Adam had, including those who were born before and after Seth was born. Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “and he also had” or “Adam also had” or “He was also the father of”

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