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Seth

Also known as Shet, Sheeth

Seth is the third son of Adam and Eve within the Abrahamic religions. The Hebrew Bible names two of his siblings as Cain and Abel. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, and Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel.

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Seth is the third son of Adam and Eve in Abrahamic religious tradition, born after his brother Abel was killed by his brother Cain. According to biblical accounts, Eve saw Seth as a divinely appointed replacement for Abel, making him significant in the early genealogy of humanity within these faiths.

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Person.name: Seth
Person.image: Spas na Ilyine - Patriarch Seth 2 (cropped).jpg
Person.caption: Detail from fresco by Theophanes the Greek, 1378
Person.death_date: 3070 BC (aged 912)
Person.birth_date: 3982 BC
Person.relatives: In Genesis:Abel (brother)Cain (brother)Enos (son)Kenan (great-grandson)Mahalalel (great-great-grandson)Jared (great-great-great-grandson)Enoch (great-great-great-great-grandson)Methuselah (great-great-great-great-great-grandson)Lamech (great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson)According to later traditions:Aclima (sister)Azura (sister)
Person.spouse: Azura (his sister)
Person.children: In Genesis:EnosIn The Book of Jubilees:Noam (Jubilees 4:13)
Person.father: Adam
Person.mother: Eve
Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Seth
Saint.titles: Patriarch
Saint.venerated_in: Christianity (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches) Islam Druze Baháʼí Faith Mandaeism
Saint.feast_day: 31 December (Catholic Church) Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Religious biography.religion: Islam
Religious biography.name: Šheeṯh
Religious biography.native_name: شِيث Seth

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name in native language: ‏שֵׁת
Commons category: Seth (Bible)
date of birth: 3874-00-00
date of death: 2758-00-00

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Biblical information
Jewish tradition
Josephus
Christianity
{{anchor|sheeth}} Islam
{{anchor|Shitil}}Mandaeism
Yazidism
Family tree
Shrines
Iraq
Lebanon
Israel
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==Biblical information== According to the Book of Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (according to the Masoretic Text), or 230 years old (according to the Septuagint), "a son in his likeness and image". Genesis 5:4-5 states that Adam fathered "other sons and daughters" before his death, when he was 930 years old. According to the same account, Seth died at the age of 912 (that is, 14 years before Noah's birth).