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Cainan
Named in Luke 3:36 between Shelah and Arphaxad; absent from Genesis 11 in the Hebrew text but present in the Greek Septuagint
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Cainan — Named in Luke 3:36 between Shelah and Arphaxad; absent from Genesis 11 in the Hebrew text but present in the Greek Septuagint
Parents
- Arpachshad father Disputed Luke 3:36
Children
Brothers and sisters
- Shelah brother through their parent Arpachshad
Ancestors
- Shem grandparent
- Noah 1× great-grandparent
- Lamech 2× great-grandparent
- Methuselah 3× great-grandparent
- Enoch 4× great-grandparent
Grandchildren and later descendants
- Eber grandchild
Appears in these genealogies
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