King James Version

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

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וַֽיְחִ֥יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.קֵינָ֖ןqeynanKenanקֵינָןnoun, proper name — “Kenan”H7018Kenan, an antediluvianCainan, Kenan.שִׁבְעִ֣יםshivimseventyשִׁבְעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מַֽהֲלַלְאֵֽלmahalalelMahalaleelמַהֲלַלְאֵלnoun, proper name — “Mahalaleel”H4111Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an IsraeliteMahalaleel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel.

World English Bible

Kenan lived seventy years, then became the father of Mahalalel.

Darby Translation

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalaleel.

Douay-Rheims

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Malaleel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Καϊνᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ.