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Cainan

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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1. Son of Enos, and father of Mahalaleel, Genesis 5:9; 1 Chronicles 1:2 .

2. Son of Arphaxad and father of Salah, Luke 3:36 . This Cainan, however, is not named in the three Old Testament genealogies, Genesis 10:24; 11:12; 1 Chronicles 1:24 , nor in any ancient version. The name occurs in two places in the Septuagint, an early Greek version; and some suppose that copyists of Luke's gospel inserted the name, in order to agree with the Septuagint.

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Cainan'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​c/cainan.html. 1859.
 
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