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This article is about Enosh (also known as Enos), son of Seth, grandson of Adam. Enosh was the third generation from Adam.

In later providential history, three generations work together to create a Foundation of Faith: Abraham, known as the "father of faith," Isaac, his son and Jacob whose life course becomes a pattern for human restoration. Together these three generations restored some of the failures of Adam family's three generations and were able to come into a closer relationship to God the Creator.

Genesis

Genesis 4:26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on[a] the name of the Lord.

All that is said in Genesis of Enosh is that he was born of Seth and gave birth to a son, Kenan.

Call upon the name of the Lord

With so little to go on, commentators made much of the phrase "At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord," citing two possible options as to its meaning 1) then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord to distinguish themselves thereby from idolaters; or 2) men earnestly began to call upon the Lord, indicating a time of spiritual revival.

Traditional Jewish interpretation takes a more negative view and implies it marked the beginning of idolatry, i.e., that men began to take God for granted, and stopped distinguishing right from wrong.

The Book of Jubilees

The Book of Jubilees, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters, considered one of thepseudepigrapha by Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Jubilees is considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Churchas well as Bete Israel (Ethiopian Jews), where it is known as the Book of Division (Ge'ez: Mets'hafe Kufale).

It was well known to Early Christians. The text was also utilised by the community that originally collected the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was suppressed in the 4th century and excluded from western canons.

The Book of Jubilees claims to present "the history of the division of the days of the Law, of the events of the years, the year-weeks, and the jubilees of the world" as revealed to Moses (in addition to the Torah or "Instruction") by Angels while he was on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights.[2]

The chronology given in Jubilees is based on multiples of seven; the jubilees are periods of 49 years, seven 'year-weeks', into which all of time has been divided. According to the author of Jubilees, all proper customs that mankind should follow are determined by God's decree.

According to the Book of Jubilees (4:11-13) in the Ethopian Orthodox Bible

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-: ''This article is about Enosh, son of Seth, son of Adam. Enosh was the third generation from Adam. Later in the providence, three generations work together to create a Foundation of Faith Abraham, known as the "father of faith," Isaac, his son and Jacob whose life course becomes a pattern for human restoration. Together these three restored some of the failures of Adam's family and were able to come into a closer relationship to God the Creator.''
+: ''This article is about '''Enosh (also known as Enos)''', son of Seth, grandson of Adam. Enosh was the third generation from Adam.
+In later providential history, three generations work together to create a Foundation of Faith: Abraham, known as the "father of faith," Isaac, his son and Jacob whose life course becomes a pattern for human restoration. Together these three generations restored some of the failures of Adam family's three generations and were able to come into a closer relationship to God the Creator.''
+== Genesis ==
+:[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+4:26&version=NIV Genesis 4:26] Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on[a] the name of the Lord.
+All that is said in Genesis of Enosh is that he was born of Seth and gave birth to a son, Kenan.
+== Call upon the name of the Lord ==
+With so little to go on, commentators made much of the phrase "At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord," citing two possible options as to its meaning 1) then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord to distinguish themselves thereby from idolaters; or 2) men earnestly began to call upon the Lord, indicating a time of spiritual revival.
+Traditional Jewish interpretation takes a more negative view and implies it marked the beginning of idolatry, i.e., that men began to take God for granted, and stopped distinguishing right from wrong.
+== The Book of Jubilees ==
+The Book of Jubilees, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters, considered one of thepseudepigrapha by Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Jubilees is considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Churchas well as Bete Israel (Ethiopian Jews), where it is known as the Book of Division (Ge'ez: Mets'hafe Kufale).
+It was well known to Early Christians. The text was also utilised by the community that originally collected the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was suppressed in the 4th century and excluded from western canons.
+The Book of Jubilees claims to present "the history of the division of the days of the Law, of the events of the years, the year-weeks, and the jubilees of the world" as revealed to Moses (in addition to the Torah or "Instruction") by Angels while he was on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights.[2]
+The chronology given in Jubilees is based on multiples of seven; the jubilees are periods of 49 years, seven 'year-weeks', into which all of time has been divided. According to the author of Jubilees, all proper customs that mankind should follow are determined by God's decree.
+According to the Book of Jubilees (4:11-13) in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church Ethopian Orthodox Bible]
-Much was known about the lives and missions of Isaac and Jacob but less so the son and grandson of Adam, Seth and Enosh. In this research I will pay particular attention to similarities or parallels between the two families.