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Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan, Caynam or Cainan) (; ; ) is an
Antediluvian The antediluvian (alternatively pre-diluvian or pre-flood) period is the time period chronicled in the Bible between the fall of man and the Genesis flood narrative in biblical cosmology. The term was coined by Thomas Browne (1605–1682). The n ...
patriarch first mentioned in the
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in the
Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Sefer ha-Yashar'' describes Cainan, the possessor of great astrological wisdom, which had been inscribed on tables of stone, as the son of
Seth Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. The Hebrew Bible names two of his siblings (although it also states that he had others): his brothers Cain and Abel. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, ...
; i.e., the antediluvian
Kenan Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan, Caynam or Cainan) (; ; ) is an Antediluvian patriarch first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. The '' Sefer ha-Yashar'' describes Cainan, the possessor of great astrological wisdom, which h ...
grandson of Seth according to the
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. He is revered within Islamic tradition as well.


In scriptures

According to Genesis 5:9–14, Kenan was a son of Enosh and a grandson of
Seth Seth, in the Abrahamic religions, was the third son of Adam and Eve. The Hebrew Bible names two of his siblings (although it also states that he had others): his brothers Cain and Abel. According to , Seth was born after Abel's murder by Cain, ...
. Born when Enosh was 90 years old (3679 BC), Kenan fathered
Mahalalel Mahalalel (, ) is an Antediluvian patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Sethite genealogy as the grandfather of Enoch and subsequently the ancestor of Noah. Etymology The meaning of the name could be translated as "the sh ...
when he was 70 years old.Genesis 5:12
/ref> Other sons and daughters were born to Kenan before he died at 910 years of age (when
Noah Noah (; , also Noach) appears as the last of the Antediluvian Patriarchs (Bible), patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5–9), the Quran and Baháʼí literature, ...
was aged 179 as per the Masoretic chronology). According to the
Book of Jubilees The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish apocryphal text of 50 chapters (1,341 verses), considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by Haymanot Judaism, a denomination observed by members of Ethiopian Jewish ...
, Kenan's mother was Noam, wife and sister of Enosh; and Kenan's wife, Mualeleth, was his sister. He is also mentioned in the
Genealogy of Jesus The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. Matthew starts with Abraham and works forwards, while Luke works back in time from Jesus to Adam. The lists of na ...
in Luke 3:36–37.


Family tree

The following
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has been constructed from a variety of biblical and extra-biblical sources:


In Islam

Kenan is mentioned in
Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
in the various collections of tales of the Islamic prophets, which honor him in an identical manner.


Gallery

File:Biblical antediluvian patriarch Cainan, Kenan.jpg, alt=, Engraving of Kenan from Bartolomeo Gai's Epitome historico-chronologica (1751)


References

{{Authority control Book of Genesis people Bereshit (parashah) Book of Jubilees