SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:25
¶ Y conoció aún Adán a su mujer, la cual dio a luz un hijo, y llamó su nombre Set; porque Dios (dijo ella) me ha dado otra simiente por Abel, al cual mató Caín.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:25
Verse 25. God-hath appointed me another seed instead of Hebel] Eve must have received on this occasion some Divine communication, else how could she have known that this son was appointed in the place of Hebel, to continue that holy line by which the Messiah was to come? From this we see that the line of the Messiah was determined from the beginning, and that it was not first fixed in the days of Abraham; for the promise was then only renewed, and that branch of his family designated by which the sacred line was to be continued. And it is worthy of remark, that Seth's posterity alone continued after the flood, when all the other families of the earth were destroyed, Noah being the tenth descendant from Adam through Seth. Though all these persons are mentioned in the following chapter, I shall produce them here in the order of their succession: 1. Adam; 2. Seth; 3. Enos; 4. Cainan; 5. Mahalaleel; 6. Jared; 7. Enoch; 8. Methuselah; 9. Lamech, (the second;) 10. Noah. In order to keep this line distinct, we find particular care was taken that, where there were two or more sons in a family, the one through whom God particularly designed to bring his Son into the world was, by some especial providence, pointed out. Thus in the family of Adam, Seth was chosen; in the family of Noah, Shem; in the family of Abraham, Isaac; and in that of David, Solomon and Nathan. All these things God watched over by an especial providence from the beginning, that when Jesus Christ should come it might be clearly seen that he came by the promise, through grace, and not by nature.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 25, 26 - Our first parents were comforted in their affliction by the birth of son, whom they called Seth, that is, `set,' `settled,' or `placed;' in his seed mankind should continue to the end of time, and from him the Messiah should descend. While Cain, the head of the apostacy, is made wanderer, Seth, from whom the true church was to come, is one fixed. In Christ and his church is the only true settlement. Seth walked in the steps of his martyred brother Abel; he was a partaker of like preciou faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ, and s became a fresh witness of the grace and influence of God the Holy Spirit. God gave Adam and Eve to see the revival of religion in their family. The worshippers of God began to do more in religion; some, by an open profession of true religion, protested against the wickednes of the world around. The worse others are, the better we should be, an the more zealous. Then began the distinction between professors an profane, which has been kept up ever since, and will be, while the world stands __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וידע 3045 אדם 121 עוד 5750 את 853 אשׁתו 802 ותלד 3205 בן 1121 ותקרא 7121 את 853 שׁמו 8034 שׁת 8352 כי 3588 שׁת 7896 לי אלהים 430 זרע 2233 אחר 312 תחת 8478 הבל 1893 כי 3588 הרגו 2026 קין׃ 7014
