Genesis 5 · Verse 14

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Genesis 5:14, King James Version

Genesis 5:14 in other translations

BSBSo Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
WEBand all of the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
ASVand all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
YLTAnd all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.
DARBYAnd all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
BBEAnd all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.
WebsterAnd all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

What does Genesis 5:14 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…

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Genesis 5:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vai.yih.Yuand they wereH1961
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
קֵינָ֔ןkei.NanKenanH7018
עֶ֣שֶׂר'E.sertenH6235
שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimyearsH8141
וּתְשַׁ֥עu.te.Sha'and nineH8672
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיָּמֹֽת\׃\ \סvai.ya.Motand he diedH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • 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 5:15

    And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

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Genesis 5:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fueron todos los días de Cainán novecientos y diez años; y murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tous les jours de Kénan furent 910 ans; et il mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und alle Tage Kenans waren 910 Jahre, und er starb. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et facti sunt omnes dies Cainan nongenti decem anni, et mortuus est.