Cainan (son of Arphaxad)

Description

A figure attested in the Septuagint (Genesis 11:13 LXX) and in Luke 3:36 between Arphaxad and Shelah. Absent from the Masoretic Hebrew text and from 1 Chronicles 1:18 MT. Distinct from the earlier Sethite Kenan, son of Enosh.

Relationships

Family tree

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Shem

♂

Post-flood600 yrs

Arphaxad

♂

Post-flood438 yrs

Cainan (son of Arphaxad)

♂

Post-flood

Shelah

♂

Post-flood433 yrs

Eber

♂

Post-flood464 yrs

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Notes

Present in the Septuagint and in the New Testament Lukan genealogy; absent from the Hebrew Masoretic Text. Some manuscript traditions of the LXX also vary on his inclusion. Stored as a separate person so that Masoretic and Lukan/Septuagint genealogies can both be represented faithfully.