First Generation

Mahalaleel

Dates
3559–2664 BC
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Name means "praise of God." The son of Cainan, from the line of Seth, also called Maleleel or Mahalaleel (Luke 3:37). He lived 895 years.

Mahalaleel
Mahalaleel

Bible passages

  • Genesis 5:12
    And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
  • Genesis 5:17
    And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Text of the King James Version.

Related events

  1. Cainan 3629–2719 BC
  2. Jared 3494–2532 BC