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Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)

The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).

Male Born: 3679 BC Died: 2769 BC

People and places

Father: Enos

Children: Mahalaleel (line of Seth)

Recorded scripture occurrences (7)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:9

OET-RV GEN 5:9

9 When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son named Keynan.

OET-LV GEN 5:9

9 And_ ʼEnōsh _he/it _lived ninety year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Qēynān/(Kenan).

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:10

OET-RV GEN 5:10

10 After Keynan’s birth, Enosh lived another 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-LV GEN 5:10

10 And_ ʼEnōsh _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Qēynān/(Kenan) fif- teen year[s] and_eight hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:12

OET-RV GEN 5:12

12 When Keynan was 70 years old, he had a son named Mahalalel.

OET-LV GEN 5:12

12 And_ Qēynān/(Kenan) _he/it _lived seventy year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Mahₐlal^ʼēl.

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GEN: all 5 recorded references

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CH1: all 1 recorded references

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LUK: all 1 recorded references

Jump to OET LUK 3:37 section.

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LUK: 1 tagged passages

LUK 3:37: Καϊνάμ

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