Enosh

Born: c. 3769 BC

Died: 2864 BC (Age 905)

Parents: Seth (father) and an unnamed mother

Children: Kenan (and others of unknown details1)

Spouse(s): Unnamed

Overview

His name means “human,” “mankind,” or “mortal”. Not a great deal is shared about Enosh. He is mentioned several times but only in lineages (of seed of the woman).

The one possible remarkable detail is that in his lifetime that during his life “men began to call on Yahweh’s name.“2

  1. Genesis 5:10 ↩︎
  2. Genesis 4:26 ↩︎