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Cainan

Hebrew: קֵינָן —transliteration: Qenan

also known as: Kenan

Meaning: possession; smith

This was the name of 2 biblical men.

  1. 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 → ADAMSethEnosCainanMahalaleel (Maleleel)JaredEnochMethuselah (Mathusala)LamechNOAH (Noe)Shem (Sem)Arpachshad (Arphaxad) → Cainan → Shelah (Sala)EBER (father of the Hebrews) → PelegReuSerugNahorTerahABRAHAMIsaacJacobJUDAHPerezHezronRamAmminadabNahshonSalmonBoazObedJesseKING DAVID (and Queen Bathsheba) → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan (Menna) → MeleaEliakim → Jonan → JosephJudahSimeonLeviMatthat → Jorim → EliezerJose (Joshua, Jesus)ErElmodamCosamAddiMelchiNeriShealtielZerubbabelRhesaJoannas (Joanna)JudahJosephSemeiMattathiah (Mattathias)Maath → Naggai → Esli → NahumAmosMattathiah (Mattathias)JosephJannaMelchiLeviMatthatHeliMARY, mother of JesusJESUS THE CHRIST, the 2nd Adam, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)

  2. 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 → ADAMSethEnosCainanMahalaleel (Maleleel)JaredEnochMethuselah (Mathusala)LamechNOAH (Noe)Shem (Sem)Arpachshad (Arphaxad)CainanShelah (Sala)EBER (father of the Hebrews) → PelegReuSerugNahorTerahABRAHAMIsaacJacobJUDAHPerezHezronRamAmminadabNahshonSalmonBoazObedJesseKING DAVID (and Queen Bathsheba) → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan (Menna) → MeleaEliakim → Jonan → JosephJudahSimeonLeviMatthat → Jorim → EliezerJose (Joshua, Jesus)ErElmodamCosamAddiMelchiNeriShealtielZerubbabelRhesaJoannas (Joanna)JudahJosephSemeiMattathiah (Mattathias)Maath → Naggai → Esli → NahumAmosMattathiah (Mattathias)JosephJannaMelchiLeviMatthatHeliMARY, mother of JesusJESUS THE CHRIST, the 2nd Adam, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)

Article Version: June 4, 2019