Genesis 5:13

13 After Mahalal'el was born, Kenan lived another 840 years and had sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:13

And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred
and forty years
The Septuagint has seven hundred and forty, which, added to the years given him before, makes the same sum:

and begat sons and daughters;
as his progenitors did.

Genesis 5:13 In-Context

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.
15 Mahalal'el lived sixty-five years and fathered Yered.
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