Genesis 5:12
in Genesis 5When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:
KJV
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
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This verse in Genesis 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Enosh was 90 years old
on Genesis 5:9-14
The older commentators take the name Enosh to mean mortal or frail man. Kenan carries a name close to Cain's, and the two family lists share name after name: Enoch and Lamech stand in both, Methuselah beside Methusael. Gill notes the overlap and leaves it standing.
This site's exposition
When Kenan was 70 years old
The ages at fatherhood fall through the first five entries, from Adam's 130 to Kenan's 70 and Mahalalel's 65. Jared breaks the run at 162. Gill read each named son as a link in the line from Adam to Noah, with older children left unnamed.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
It should be noted that where our Codices, translated from the Hebrew source, say Adam lived for one hundred and thirty years and begot Seth, the ancient translation has, instead of one hundred and thirty, two hundred and thirty; where our Codices continue, "And the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. Here the Septuagint version adds an hundred years, as before.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְחִ֥י | vaychi | and he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| קֵינָ֖ן | keinan | Kenan | H7018 → | 6 times |
| שִׁבְעִ֣ים | shivim | seventy | H7657 → | 91 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל׃ | mahalalel | Mahalalel | H4111 → | 7 times |
וַֽיְחִ֥יand he lived
vaychiH2421 →282 times
קֵינָ֖ןKenan
keinanH7018 →6 times
שִׁבְעִ֣יםseventy
shivimH7657 →91 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽל׃Mahalalel
mahalalelH4111 →7 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Adam, Seth, Enosh,
- Genesis 5:6–28
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- 1 Chronicles 1:1–3
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).