# Seth — The City of God character guide

> Seth in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Third son of Adam, ancestor of the line leading to Noah and the patriarchs.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-viii)

Born to Adam after Abel's death, from whom the line of the sons of God descends.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Son of Adam; his generation is used to illustrate the age discrepancies.

### [Chapter XII: Of the opinion of those who do not believe that in these primitive times men lived so long as is stated.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xii)

Son of Adam; his age at begetting Enos is discussed (105 years in Hebrew text).

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xv)

Son born to Adam after Abel's death, representing the heavenly line; his age at begetting Enos is recorded.

### [Of the two fathers and leaders who sprang from one progenitor.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

Father of the line of resurrection; his name signifies resurrection, and his genealogy points to the heavenly city.

### [The Significance of Abel, Seth, and Enos to Christ and His Body the Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii)

Signifies 'resurrection' and prefigures Christ's life from the dead.

### [The Significance of Enoch’s Translation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xix)

Father of the line from which Enoch descends, counting from the diverging point of the two lines.

### [Chapter XXI: The Two Cities from Cain and Seth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi)

Son of Adam whose line represents the heavenly city; his son Enos hoped to call on the name of the Lord.

### [Chapter XXIII: On the Nature of Angels and the Birth of Giants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

Mentioned as the progenitor of the righteous line of the 'sons of God' who later fell into sin by marrying the daughters of Cain.

### [Chapter XXIV: Understanding the 120 Years and the Cause of the Deluge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiv)

None of Seth's descendants mentioned in Scripture died in the flood.

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