Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:13 in other translations
| BSB | And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. |
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| WEB | Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of other sons and daughters |
| ASV | and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: |
| YLT | And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. |
| DARBY | And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters. |
| BBE | And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters: |
| Webster | And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: |
What does Genesis 5:13 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:6-20
Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to observe the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay. The present life surely was not to them such a burden as it commonly is now, else they would have been weary…
Genesis 5:13 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 5:12
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
- Genesis 5:13
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:14
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Genesis 5:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vivió Cainán, después que engendró á Mahalaleel, ochocientos y cuarenta años: y engendró hijos é hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Kénan, après qu’il eut engendré Mahalaleël, vécut 840 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Kenan lebte, nachdem er Mahalalel gezeugt hatte, 840 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et vixit Cainan, postquam genuit Malaleel, octingentis quadraginta annis, genuitque filios et filias. |