- Kenan
Kenan, Qenan, "Kaïvav" (as found in Luke 3:36, 37), Hebrew Name|קֵינָן|Qeinan|Qênān|"possession; smith", or Cainan was a Biblical patriarch first mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible book ofGenesis as living before the Great Flood.According to Genesis 5:9-14, he was the grandson of
Seth and son of Enos. Born when Enos was ninety years old, Cainan had his only named son,Mahalalel , when he was seventy. Other sons and daughters were born to Kenan before he died at 910 years of age.This name seems to derive from words denoting a permanent dwelling place or stronghold.
Postdiluvian Cainan
Two men named Cainan are mentioned in the geneaology of
Jesus given in Luke 3:37 in theNew Testament . One of these is the son of Enos above; a second Cainan is listed as the son ofArpachshad and father ofSalah , who lived in the time betweenNoah andAbraham .This Cainan also appears in the
Septuagint (Greek) Old Testament, but is omitted by theHebrew Masoretic text . For this reason, this second Cainan is considered to be a scribal error by some scholars [http://www.answersingenesis.org/cainan/] . Nevertheless, a substantial number of traditions about this other Cainan exist in the history of literature.Other
Kenan is mentioned in
Hinduism as "Keenashan"Fact|date=June 2008 and is considered being the son of "Anoohan" (Enoch). The text carried about Kenan was mentioned in the last Purana theBhavishya Purana which was summarised text done in Sanskrit and attributed to RishiVyasa , the compiler of the Vedas.
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