Genesis 4:25 (WEB)
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
Catechism · 1
“All human generations proceed from this union.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:1-2, 25-26; 5:1.
Fathers and councils · 5
Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—The holy Moses when writing the ancient genealogy tells us how Adam being so many years old begat Seth, and when he had lived so many years he ended his life.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 25
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Jerome
“…“And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and knew Eve his wife, and she bare him a son in his image and after his likeness, and called his name Seth.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 25; v. 3; i. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For in the case of Adam, the father of all, this expression is used not only when Cain, who seems to have been his first-born, was conceived, but also afterwards the same Scripture says, “Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and called his name Seth.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 25.
Read the whole comment“After this the generations diverge, the one branch deriving from Cain, the other from him whom Adam begot in the room of Abel slain by his brother, and whom he called Seth, saying, as it is written, “For God hath raised me up another seed for Abel whom Cain slew.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 25.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Cognitio” quidem certe a Scriptura dictum est tempus liberorum procreationis, cum dixit: “Cognovit autem Adam Evam uxorem suam; et concepit, et peperit filium, et nominavit nomen ejus Seth: Suscitavit enim mihi Deus aliud semen pro Abel.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 25.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in The City of God XV.15.
Cited together in The City of God XV.15.
Cited together in The City of God XV.8.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.