Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
CAINAN | 1. Son of Enos, and father of Mahalaleel, Ge 5:9; 1Ch 1:2. 2. Son of Arphaxad and father of Salah, Lu 3:36. This Cainan, however, is not named in the three Old Testament genealogies, Ge 10:24; 11:12; 1Ch 1:24, nor in any ancient version. The name occurs in two places in the Septuagint, an early Greek version; and some suppose that copyists of Luke's gospel inserted the name, in order to agree with the Septuagint. |