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The Descendants of Adam

Genesis 5:9

In 11 translations

BSB
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
KJV
¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:Cainan: Heb. Kenan
WEB
Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
ASV
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan:
LSV
And Enos lives ninety years [[or one hundred and ninety years]], and begets Cainan.
YLT
And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.
DBY
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
DRC
And Enos lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
GNV
Also Enosh liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Kenan.
JPS
And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
LXXE
And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְחִ֥י אֱנ֖וֹשׁ תִּשְׁעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־קֵינָֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἐνὼς ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἐννεήκοντα· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν.

Who and where

👤 Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)👤 Enos◆ Lifetime of Enos◆ Birth of Cainan

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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,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

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