Bible Characters & Character Studies
Cainan
First appears at Genesis 5:9
First named in Scripture at Genesis 5:9 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
possession; smith. (1.) 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 (Genesis 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chronicles 1:2). (2.) The son of Arphaxad (Luke 3:36). He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the “second Cainan.”
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