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Hebrew roots that make up the names. Adam: (adomah) “man” Seth: “appointed” (Genesis 4:25) Enosh: (from root anash, “to be incurable”) “mortal,” “frail,” “miserable” Kenan: “sorrow,” “dirge,” “elegy” Mahalal’el: “the Blessed God”—(mahalal) “blessed”; (El) the name for God Jared: (from the verb yaradh) “shall come down” Enoch: “commencement” or
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Covenantal living is intergenerational living—it is to know oneself as the descendant of ancestors and the ancestor of descendants, all sharing a dream of a world in which human dignity is real and the presence of God is manifest (more on this dream in chapter 12).
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Genesis chapter 5 is exciting because it contains a list of antediluvian patriarchs whose ages and lineages are recorded. In particular, it says that Adam lived 930 years; Seth 912; Enosh 905, and so on. The last patriarch mentioned is Noah. His figure is particularly famous because it is associated with the Great Flood. Lamech, the last patriarch
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