Cainan

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Cainan (Hebrew: קֵינָן, Qeinan; "possession, metalsmith," or more likely "sorrow, dirge, elegy"^[1]) (325 AM 3833 BC
-72 H
326 AM-1235 AM 2923 BC
838 H
1236 AM) was the son of Enos and the father of Mahalaleel. He was born when Enos was 90 years old, in 325 AM.^[2]

Cainan had a son, Mahalalel, at age 70warning.pngUnsupported type "Calendar span" defined for property. (395 AM),^[3] and died at the age of 910 yearswarning.pngUnsupported type "Calendar span" defined for property. old, in 1235 AM^[4]

And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. Genesis 5:12-14 (KJV)

References

1. ↑ Missler, Chuck. "Meaning of the Names in Genesis 5." Koinonia House Online. Accessed December 25, 2007.
2. ↑ James Ussher, The Annals of the World, Larry Pierce, ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 15
3. ↑ Ussher, op. cit., pgh. 16
4. ↑ Ussher, op. cit., pgh. 26

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• Generations of Adam