Luke 3 · Verse 36

Luke 3:36

Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
Luke 3:36, King James Version

Luke 3:36 in other translations

BSBthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
WEBthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
ASVthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
YLTthe son of Salah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
DARBYof Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
BBEThe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
WebsterWho was the son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Shem, who was the son of Noah, who was the son of Lamech,

What does Luke 3:36 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 36. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

(x) "Arphaxad" Gen 11:12 (y) "Lamech" Gen 5:25

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Of Cainan - This Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, and father of Sala, is not found in any other Scripture genealogy. See Gen 10:24; Gen 11:12; 1Chr 1:18, 1Chr 1:24, where Arphaxad is made the father of Sala, and no mention at all made of Cainan. Some suppose that Cainan was a surname of Sala, and that the names should be read together thus, The son of Heber, the son of Salacainan, the son of Arphaxad, etc. If this does not untie the knot, it certainly cuts it; and the reader may pass on without any great scruple or embarrassment. There are many sensible observations on this genealogy in the notes at the end of Bishop Newcome's Harmony.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 3:23-38

Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir to the throne of David; but Luke shows that Jesus was the Seed of the woman that should break the serpent's head, and traces the line up to Adam, beginning with Eli, or Heli, the father, not of Joseph, but of Mary. The seeming differences between the two evangelists in…

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Luke 3:36 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΚαϊνὰμKainamof CainanG2536
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἈρφαξὰδArphaxadof ArphaxadG742
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΣὴμSēmof ShemG4590
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΝῶεNōeof NoahG3575
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΛάμεχLamechof LamechG2984

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Cross references for Luke 3:36

  • Genesis 10:21-22

    Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Genesis 5:28-32

    And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. …

  • Genesis 9:1

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • Genesis 11:10-26

    These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. …

  • Ezekiel 14:14

    Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

  • 1 Peter 3:20

    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Genesis 6:22-7:1

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

  • Genesis 7:13

    In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

  • Genesis 7:23

    And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

  • Genesis 9:26-27

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Cainan.This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew text of any of the genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, probably, the evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for his purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention. (See on Ge 11:12.) It may here be remarked, that though some of the same names occur here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's genealogy, yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended, different persons often bearing the same name.
Sem.
Ge 5:32; 7:13; 9:18,26,27; 10:21,22; 11:10-26; 1Ch 1:17
Shem.
Noe.
17:27; Ge 5:29,30; 6:8-10,22; 7:1,23; 8:1; 9:1; Eze 14:14; Heb 11:7
1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5
Noah.

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Context

  • Luke 3:35

    Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

  • Luke 3:36

    Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

  • Luke 3:37

    Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

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Luke 3:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que fué de Sala, que fué de Cainán, que fué de Arphaxad, que fué de Sem, que fué de Noé, que fué de Lamech,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
de Caïnan, d’Arphaxad, de Sem, de Noé, de Lamech,
German
Elberfelder 1871
des Kainan, des Arphaxad, des Sem, des Noah, des Lamech,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui fuit Cainan, qui fuit Arphaxad, qui fuit Sem, qui fuit Noë, qui fuit Lamech,