Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
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Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.
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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
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And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
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- Luke 3:37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat…
Gen 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Ver. 12. And begat Mahalaleel,] i.e., Praised be God; a good name; imminding him of a good duty. God is to be incessantly praised for his excellency, thanked for his benefits. “Thou art good, and doest good.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat…
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. A hundred and sixty, according to the Septuagint version.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. A hundred and sixty, according to the Septuagint version.
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Genesis 5:16
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gen 5:16And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years,.... Seven hundred and thirty, as the above version, still making the same mistake:
and he begat sons and daughters; how many cannot be said.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Mahalalel] As a Hebrew name this would mean…
12. Mahalalel] As a Hebrew name this would mean “the praise of God”; but see note on the etymology of proper names in prehistoric times, Gen_4:17. For Mahalalel the versions give a different form. LXX Μαλελεήλ; Vulg. “Malaleel.”
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seventy years
"70 years" (See: Numbers)
840 years
"eight hundred and forty years" (See: Numbers)
910 years
"nine hundred and ten years" (See: Numbers)
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