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), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).
Person
Cainan
Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)
- Name means
- possessor; purchaser
- Also called
- Kenan
- Lived
- born c. 3678 BC; died c. 2768 BC
- Belongs to
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Mentioned
- 7 verses · first in Genesis 5:9
Family
About Cainan
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- 3678 BCBirth of CainanGenesis 5:9
- 3678 BCLifetime of CainanGenesis 5:12–14
- 3608 BCBirth of MahlaleelGenesis 5:12
- 2768 BCDeath of CainanGenesis 5:14
Every mention
Others called Cainan
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.