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3 articles found for “Enos”

• Enosh

  [People]

  Enosh is an antediluvian figure in Genesis, the son of Seth and grandson of Adam. The record of his birth is followed by the words "then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."

• Kenan

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  Kenan was the son of Enosh, Adam's grandson, and the father of Mahalalel. He appears in the antediluvian genealogy of Genesis 5. In Luke's genealogy of Jesus, his name is given as Cainan.

• Cainan

  [People]

  Cainan is a name that appears twice in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3. One Cainan is an antediluvian figure corresponding to Kenan in Genesis; the other is a son of Arphaxad who does not appear in the Hebrew text of Genesis.