Genesis - 5:13

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13 Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 5:13.

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And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel, eight hundred forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:
And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and fathered sons and daughters
And after he conceived Mahalalel, Cainan lived for eight hundred and forty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
Et vixit Kenan postquam genuit Mahalaleel, quadraginta annos et octingentos annos: et genuit filios et filias.

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Historical Commentaries

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And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years,.... The Septuagint has seven hundred and forty, which, added to the years given him before, makes the same sum:
and begat sons and daughters; as his progenitors did.

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