Kenan

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Kenan or Qenan (Cainan seems to be an improper rendering of this word; it is separate from the word transliterated Cainan later in the Torah; the rendering Cainan is based off the Greek renderings, Kaïvav as found in Luke 3:36, 37) (Hebrew: קֵינָן, Standard Qeinan Tiberian Qênān ; "possession; smith") was a Biblical patriarch first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis.

According to Genesis 5:9-14, he was the grandson of Seth and son of Enos. Born when Enos was ninety years old, Cainan had his only named son, Mahalalel, when he was seventy. Other sons and daughters were born to Kenan before he died at 910 years of age.

This name seems to derive from words denoting a permanent dwelling place or stronghold.

In the New Testament

Two men named Cainan are mentioned in the geneaology of Jesus given in Luke 3:37 in the New Testament, only one of which is mentioned in the Old Testament. The other Cainan is considered to have been inserted by a scribal error by some scholars[1]

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