Genesis 5:14
in Genesis 5So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
KJV
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
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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
a total of 910 years
Kenan died at 910, older than his father Enosh at 905, so the years of these men rise and fall unevenly. The shortening comes after the flood, in the line of Shem. Clarke tied these great ages to the days before the flood.
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 all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. The Arabic writers (o) also commend him as a good ruler of his people; and at his death he charged them not to desert the holy mountain, and join themselves with Cain's posterity; and having appointed Mahalaleel, who they say was his eldest son, his successor, he died on the fourth day of the week, and the thirteenth of the month Cheziran, A. M.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| קֵינָ֔ן | keinan | Kenan | H7018 → | 6 times |
| עֶ֣שֶׂר | ʾeser | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| שָׁנִ֔ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּתְשַׁ֥ע | utesha' | and nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ ס | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙and they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
קֵינָ֔ןKenan
keinanH7018 →6 times
עֶ֣שֶׂרten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
שָׁנִ֔יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
וּתְשַׁ֥עand nine
utesha'H8672 →58 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ סand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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).