Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
- KJV And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
- BSB When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- NASB Now Kenan lived seventy years, and fathered Mahalalel.
- NLT When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
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Kenan lives 70 years and fathers Mahalalel. It advances the genealogy another step.
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Kenan fathers Mahalalel, continuing the line descending from Seth. The genealogy's careful sequence links each generation to the next on the way to Noah. These records show God's purposes unfolding steadily through human history.
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- Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
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