Enos

Enos

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According to traditional school-of-thought, Adam and Eve populated the entire planet earth, all by themselves and the genealogy of Genesis 5 proves it! On the contrary, the genealogy of Genesis 5 is exactly that; a genealogy. It documents certain fine points of a particular family line. The entire Bible is based on this genealogy. Be that as it may, it is only a genealogy. One of hundreds of thousands that existed at the time. Every family had one. But this particular genealogy belongs to those people from the garden; commonly known as Eden.

Seth was the first biological son of the two people we know as Adam and Eve. There is ample proof in the Hebrew text of Genesis; Cain and Abel were not fathered by Adam. But that's another story, told in another chapter. This chapter is Seth's chapter! However, we are not told much of anything about Seth; only that he replaced Abel, whose offering was accepted by the LORD. Since Abel was murdered and could not reap what he had won, Seth took his place. The first born inherited. This is where that tradition came from.

In the chapter about Cain and Abel, we learned they were not fathered by Adam. The underlined text of the above verse supports this conclusion. Adam begat a son of his own; in his own likeness and after his own image. This was not the case with Cain and Abel. As Eve stated in Genesis 4:1, "I have gotten a man with the LORD." The three underlined words are from the Hebrew text, "qaniytiy iysh," meaning: I did get (possess) [a] man. However, the root verb "qanah" is often translated "to purchased" but this is also another context.

Back in those days, a man's name defined him. Seth (Sheth) was so named because he took the place of Abel. So, whatever life had in store for Abel would now be in store for Seth. This is all spelled out in Genesis 4:25. Although, the noun "seth (sheth)" is found in Isaiah 20:4 thousands of years down the line, translated "buttocks (yes, your rear end)"; at the time of Genesis 4, the name Seth meant "replaced."

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Curiously, Genesis 4 ends with the birth of Seth's son, Enos. This tells me, although very little is actually said about Enos, he might have a lot to say; beginning with his name. But before we go there, let's see what else the Bible says about Enos:

Genesis 5:6-11
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

According to the above text, Enos most certainly did his share in contributing to the population of the human race; and he spent 815-years doing it. The man finally died at the ripe old age of 905. Wow! But what more does Enos' name tell us about himself?

The Hebrew version of Enos is "Enosh" ... some spell it "Enowsh." If you look it up in a common Hebrew Lexicon or Concordance, you'll find it means: man. For example, Psalms 144:3 says:

LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

If you will take notice, the word "man" appears in the verse, twice. The first "man" is from the Hebrew, "adam," which more specifically refers to "mankind" in general. As previously mentioned, adam is a collective plural noun. The word itself is singular but its implication is plural. However, the second "man" is from ... you guessed it ... "enosh." The entire expression is "ben-enosh (son of man)". Sound familiar? "Son of man" is a title the Messiah of the New Testament gospels often claimed. But no one really knows what is meant by it.

Actually, they do. More specifically, those outside of traditional Christian school-of-thought, do. The title originates from the Book of Enoch. This is the very first Bible. It was written by the same Enoch who appears in the genealogy of Genesis 5. His birth is recorded in verse-18 and his death ... oh yeah ... he didn't have one. Enoch was so special that as verse-24 states: Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him. Enoch was raptured off the face of the earth; long before the concept became a part of Christian dogma.

But before he went away, he wrote a book named after himself. Hey, it was probably the first book of inspiration ever written. They were not that big on titles, yet. Anyway, the Book of Enoch was used as a source of inspiration all the way up to the New Testament days. Scholars who are familiar with the Book of Enoch claim it is quoted more than 100 times throughout the New Testament. And Jesus quoted it every time he referred to himself as the son of man. This expression first appears in Enoch 46:1:

There I beheld the Ancient of days, whose head was like white wool, and with him another, whose countenance resembled that of man. His countenance was full of grace, like that of one of the holy angels. Then I inquired of one of the angels, who went with me, and who showed me every secret thing, concerning this Son of man; who he was; whence he was and why he accompanied the Ancient of days.

In the Book of Enoch, Son of man, full of grace (not Hail Mary), accompanied the Ancient of days. I would imagine, this is a depiction of God and his right-hand man. And periodically throughout the text, Enoch is referred to as the "son of man" ... not to be confused with "Son of man." But the Messiah of the gospels called himself, Son of man. This can be for two reasons: 1) he considered himself, God's right-hand man; and, 2) he considered himself the reincarnation of Enoch. This expression can be found throughout the Old Testament in the books of Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel.

There are those more traditional thinkers who associate the name, Enos, with "wickedness." Genesis 6:4 states:

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.
In a nutshell, the giants mentioned in the verse are called, Nephilim. Modern translation, the fallen ones. Traditional religion suggests they were fallen angels. But aren't angels suppose to be spirit-like beings? These guys were physical enough to have had sex with humans. Hence, their descendants, the men of renown, were just as bad; wicked. However, the not so modern translation defines the Nephilim as "those who came down" ... as opposed to "those who fell down (the fallen ones)." But modern religion does not conform to people coming down from the sky, unless they are/were angels. It puts a damper in their belief-system.

The text of Genesis 6:4 provides another interesting detail; the Hebrew word translated men (of renown) is anesheiy[m]. This word refers to a specific group of men; the descendants of Enos. The genealogy of Genesis 5 states: Enos begat many daughters, as well as, sons. Hence, the daughters of men are refer to the specific line of Adam and Eve. I know this may sound strange if you endorse the idea they were the only people on earth at the time. But they were not. If I told you a story that happened in my house, would you assume mine was the only house in existence or is it "common knowledge" other houses exist?

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