People of the Bible
Cainan (antediluvian patriarch)
also called Kenan · 3678 BC – 2768 BC · Genealogy of Jesus
Family
- Father
- Enos
- Children
- Mahalaleel (line of Seth)
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Cainan · 3678 BC
- Lifetime of Cainan · 3678 BC
- Birth of Mahlaleel · 3608 BC
- Death of Cainan · 2768 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was 910 years old when he died. He is also called Kenan (1 Chr. 1:2).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 7 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.