Genesis 5:13

13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other 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 Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.
13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.
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