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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:12

In 11 translations

BSB
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
KJV
¶ And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:Mahalaleel: Gr. Maleleel
WEB
Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
ASV
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:
LSV
And Cainan lives seventy years [[or one hundred and seventy years]], and begets Mahalaleel.
YLT
And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.
DBY
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalaleel.
DRC
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Malaleel.
GNV
Likewise Kenan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel.
JPS
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
LXXE
And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְחִ֥י קֵינָ֖ן שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔζησεν Καϊνᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ.

Who and where

👤 Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)👤 Mahalaleel (line of Seth)◆ Lifetime of Cainan◆ Birth of Mahlaleel

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

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