or ENOSH, the son of Seth, and father of Cainan. He was born A. M.
235. Moses tells us that then “men began to call upon the name of the
Lord,” Gen iv, 26; that is, such as abhorred the impiety and immorality
which prevailed among the progeny of Cain, began to worship God in
public, and to assemble together at stated times for that purpose. Good
men, to distinguish themselves from the wicked, began to take the name
of sons or servants of God; for which reason Moses, Gen. vi, 1, 2, says
that “the sons of God,” or the descendants of Enos, “seeing the
daughters of men,” &c. The eastern people make the following additions
to his history:--that Seth, his father, declared him sovereign prince
and high priest of mankind, next after himself; that Enos was the first
who ordained public alms for the poor, established public tribunals for
the administration of justice, and planted, or rather cultivated, the
palm tree.
235. Moses tells us that then “men began to call upon the name of the
Lord,” Gen iv, 26; that is, such as abhorred the impiety and immorality
which prevailed among the progeny of Cain, began to worship God in
public, and to assemble together at stated times for that purpose. Good
men, to distinguish themselves from the wicked, began to take the name
of sons or servants of God; for which reason Moses, Gen. vi, 1, 2, says
that “the sons of God,” or the descendants of Enos, “seeing the
daughters of men,” &c. The eastern people make the following additions
to his history:--that Seth, his father, declared him sovereign prince
and high priest of mankind, next after himself; that Enos was the first
who ordained public alms for the poor, established public tribunals for
the administration of justice, and planted, or rather cultivated, the
palm tree.