Genesis 5:12

12 Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalal'el.

Genesis 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel.
] Here the Septuagint version adds an hundred years, as before.

Genesis 5:12 In-Context

10 After Kenan was born, Enosh lived another 815 years and had sons and daughters.
11 In all, Enosh lived 905 years; then he died.
12 Kenan lived seventy years and fathered Mahalal'el.
13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.
14 In all, Kenan lived 910 years; then he died.
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