Genesis 5:10

וַֽיְחִי אֱנוֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־קֵינָן חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

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Hebrew

וַֽיְחִ֣י אֱנ֗וֹשׁ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־קֵינָ֔ן חֲמֵ֤שׁ עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καινὰν ἑπτακόσια καὶ δέκα πέντε ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Post cujus ortum vixit octingentis quindecim annis, et genuit filios et filias.

Spanish

Después del nacimiento de Cainán, Enós vivió ochocientos quince años, y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y vivió Enós después que engendró á Cainán, ochocientos y quince años: y engendró hijos é hijas.

English

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Genesis 5:10 states that Enosh ('Enosh, H0583) lived 815 years after fathering Kenan, and that during his lifetime he had additional sons and daughters. The verse follows the standard genealogical formula of Genesis 5, giving the number of years lived after the birth of a named descendant and closing with the general statement about further offspring.

Key words

y.Chi ("he lived", H2421) — qal narrative verb form; opens the clause and marks the reported lifespan as the primary narrated action.
'a.cha.Rei ("after", H0310A) — construct form meaning "the after-part of," here governing the following infinitive to build a temporal clause, "after his fathering."
ho.li.D ("fathered", H3205) — hiphil infinitive construct with pronominal suffix -o ("he", H9043), so holido literally reads "his causing-to-be-born," i.e., "his fathering [Kenan]."
cha.Mesh ("fif-", H2568) and 'es.Reh ("-teen", H6240) — construct numerals combining to form "fifteen," modifying shanah ("year", H8141).
i.Yo.led ("he fathered", H3205) — hiphil narrative verb, same root as holido but in finite narrative form, marking the resumed main storyline after the temporal clause.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built around two verbs from the same root, H3205 ("to father/beget"): first an infinitive construct with suffix, holido ("his fathering"), embedded inside a temporal clause introduced by 'acharei ("after"); then a finite narrative verb, yyoled ("and he fathered"), which resumes the main clause about the additional sons and daughters. This double use of the same verbal root — once nominalized as an infinitive, once as a finite narrative form — creates a grammatical frame: the first fathering (of Kenan) sets the temporal reference point, and the second fathering (of unnamed sons and daughters) is presented as the ongoing continuation of Enosh's life after that reference point.

The lifespan itself is expressed in two numeral phrases joined by the conjunction u- ("and", H9002): chamesh 'esreh shanah ("fifteen years") plus shemoneh me'ot shanah ("eight hundred years"), yielding 815 years counted from the birth of Kenan. The noun shanah ("year", H8141) is repeated with each numeral block rather than stated once for the whole sum, a common pattern in this genealogical chapter.

Differences between versions

The Hebrew (chamesh 'esreh + shemoneh me'ot = 815 years) and the Vulgate (octingentis quindecim annis, "815 years") agree on the total. The LXX gives ἑπτακόσια καὶ δέκα πέντε ἔτη ("seven hundred and fifteen years" = 715), a numerically different figure from both the Hebrew and the Vulgate.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.