And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD.(Genesis 4:25-26 ESV)
Adam had experienced the crushing curses of caving in to sin. He and Eve had grieved the death of Abel and the exodus of Cain into a culture of darkness. Hope of the promised seed was apparently lost. Then God gave them Seth, and hope returned. Not only the hope of godly line, but hope because they now called upon the name of the Lord, our true hope, even in the midst of terrible heartbreak.
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