Cainan

Cainan or Kenan - biblical character disambiguation


 * 1)  Kenan (AKA: Qenan, Kainan or Cainan)] [[Genesis Patriarchs| 4th Genesis Patriarch as living before the Great Flood. He is also mentioned in the Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36-37. Additionally, Kenan is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which honor him in an identical manner.
 * 2) A second, postdiluvian Cainan is mentioned in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Book of Genesis, in the Book of Jubilees and in the Genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3.