Genesis 5:14

14 So Kenan's life lasted 910 years; then he died.

Genesis 5:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten
years, and he died.
] The Arabic writers ^F15 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. 1535, and was buried in the double cave, and they mourned for him, according to custom, forty days: according to Bishop Usher it was in A. M. 1235.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Elmacinus, apud Hottinger, p. 233.

Genesis 5:14 In-Context

12 Kenan was 70 years old when he fathered Mahalalel.

13 Kenan lived 840 years after the birth of Mahalalel, and he fathered sons and daughters.

14 So Kenan's life lasted 910 years; then he died.

15 Mahalalel was 65 years old when he fathered Jared.

16 Mahalalel lived 830 years after the birth of Jared, and he fathered sons and daughters.