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Genesis 5:13

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

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וַיְחִ֣יvaychiand 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.קֵינָ֗ןqeynanKenanקֵינָןnoun, proper name — “Kenan”H7018Kenan, an antediluvianCainan, Kenan.אַחֲרֵי֙achareafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הוֹלִיד֣וֹholidvobearיָלַדverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to 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).מַֽהֲלַלְאֵ֔לmahalalelMahalaleelמַהֲלַלְאֵלnoun, proper name — “Mahalaleel”H4111Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an IsraeliteMahalaleel.אַרְבָּעִ֣יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.שָׁנָ֔הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥הushemonehand eightשְׁמֹנֶהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and eight”, the ordinary formH8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eightheight(-een, -eenth), eighth.מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.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).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand 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…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּבָנֽוֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And Cainan lived after he had begotten Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims

And Cainan lived after he begot Malaleel, eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαλελεὴλ, τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.