Person of Interest

    Cainan

    meaning: possessor; purchaser

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Birth Year:3679 BC 3

Death Year:2769 BC 3


Dictionary Summary:The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years ([Gen. 5:9-14](/gen#Gen.5.9)), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan ([1 Chr. 1:2](/1chr#1Chr.1.2)). 2


Father

    Enos

    meaning: mortal man; sick; despaired of; forgetful

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Children

    Mahalaleel

    meaning: 

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Cross References
BookCross-References
Gen
    5.9 5.10 5.12 5.13 5.14 
1Chr
    1.2 
Luke
    3.37 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.