Genesis 5:12

12 When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.

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 And after Enosh fathered Kenan he lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and fathered sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

12 When Kenan had lived seventy years, he fathered Mahalalel.

13 And after Kenan had fathered Mahalalel, he lived eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "On the day"