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Seth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:25; 5:3 ). His mother gave him this name, "for God," said she, "hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Seth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​s/seth.html. 1897.
 
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