Bereshis 5:14

14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim; and he died.

Bereshis 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.

Bereshis 5:14 In-Context

12 And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal’el;

13 And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal’el eight hundred and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;

14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim; and he died.

15 And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Yered;

16 And Mahalal’el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;