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Cainan
Hebrew: קֵינָן —transliteration: Qenan
also known as: Kenan
Meaning: possession; smith
This was the name of 2 biblical men.
Cainan, son of Enos
also known as: Kenan
He is the 4th antediluvian patriarch and the eldest son of Enos, the son of Seth.
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 KJV).
Lineage
God → ADAM → Seth → Enos → Cainan → Mahalaleel (Maleleel) → Jared → Enoch → Methuselah (Mathusala) → Lamech → NOAH (Noe) → Shem (Sem) → Arpachshad (Arphaxad) → Cainan → Shelah (Sala) → EBER (father of the Hebrews) → Peleg → Reu → Serug → Nahor → Terah → ABRAHAM → Isaac → Jacob → JUDAH → Perez → Hezron → Ram → Amminadab → Nahshon → Salmon → Boaz → Obed → Jesse → KING DAVID (and Queen Bathsheba) → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan (Menna) → Melea → Eliakim → Jonan → Joseph → Judah → Simeon → Levi → Matthat → Jorim → Eliezer → Jose (Joshua, Jesus) → Er → Elmodam → Cosam → Addi → Melchi → Neri → Shealtiel → Zerubbabel → Rhesa → Joannas (Joanna) → Judah → Joseph → Semei → Mattathiah (Mattathias) → Maath → Naggai → Esli → Nahum → Amos → Mattathiah (Mattathias) → Joseph → Janna → Melchi → Levi → Matthat → Heli → MARY, mother of Jesus → JESUS THE CHRIST, the 2nd Adam, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)
Cainan, the son of Arphaxad
(Luke 3:36)
He is nowhere named in the Old Testament. He is usually called the “second Cainan.”
Lineage
God → ADAM → Seth → Enos → Cainan → Mahalaleel (Maleleel) → Jared → Enoch → Methuselah (Mathusala) → Lamech → NOAH (Noe) → Shem (Sem) → Arpachshad (Arphaxad) → Cainan → Shelah (Sala) → EBER (father of the Hebrews) → Peleg → Reu → Serug → Nahor → Terah → ABRAHAM → Isaac → Jacob → JUDAH → Perez → Hezron → Ram → Amminadab → Nahshon → Salmon → Boaz → Obed → Jesse → KING DAVID (and Queen Bathsheba) → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan (Menna) → Melea → Eliakim → Jonan → Joseph → Judah → Simeon → Levi → Matthat → Jorim → Eliezer → Jose (Joshua, Jesus) → Er → Elmodam → Cosam → Addi → Melchi → Neri → Shealtiel → Zerubbabel → Rhesa → Joannas (Joanna) → Judah → Joseph → Semei → Mattathiah (Mattathias) → Maath → Naggai → Esli → Nahum → Amos → Mattathiah (Mattathias) → Joseph → Janna → Melchi → Levi → Matthat → Heli → MARY, mother of Jesus → JESUS THE CHRIST, the 2nd Adam, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)