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'''Seth''' (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Šet, Tiberian Šēṯ; Arabic: شيث‎ Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in the [[Book of Genesis]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]], is the third listed son of [[Adam and Eve]] and brother of [[Cain]] and [[Abel]], and is the only other of their children mentioned by name. Traditionally, Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed [[God]] had appointed him as replacement for Abel because Cain had killed him.
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'''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Seth]''' (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Šet, Tiberian Šēṯ; Arabic: شيث‎ Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in the [[Book of Genesis]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]], is the third listed son of [[Adam and Eve]] and brother of [[Cain]] and [[Abel]], and is the only other of their children mentioned by name. Traditionally, Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters. According to Genesis 4:25, Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed [[God]] had appointed him as replacement for Abel because Cain had killed him.
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In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Ancient Egyptian] [[mythology]], Set (also spelled Seth, Sutekh or Seteh) is an ancient god, who was originally the god of the desert, [[Turbulence|Storms, [[Darkness]], and [[Chaos]]. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek as Σήθ (Seth).
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In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Ancient Egyptian] [[mythology]], Set (also spelled Seth, Sutekh or Seteh) is an ancient god, who was originally the god of the desert, [[Turbulence|Storms]], [[Darkness]], and [[Chaos]]. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek as Σήθ (Seth).
 
==In the Hebrew Bible==
 
==In the Hebrew Bible==
 
In [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3), "a son in his likeness and image." Genesis 5:4 states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his [[death]], aged 930 years. It is stated in Genesis 4:25 that Seth means "granted".
 
In [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3), "a son in his likeness and image." Genesis 5:4 states that Adam fathered "sons and daughters" before his [[death]], aged 930 years. It is stated in Genesis 4:25 that Seth means "granted".

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