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Genesis 5:8

And they are becoming the whole of the days of Seth are double ten211 of a duplication and nine hundred of a duplication, and he is dying.

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Genesis 5:8

double ten. Hebrew שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙, shettayim esreh. Likely describing the twelve tribes in terms of a pair and ten, hence the dual two and ten. The pair representing the Chosen Sons/Builders are the southern tribes of Israel, Judah and Benjamin. The ten tribes of the north went into captivity.