Person

Kenan

Also: Cainan (KJV)

Kenan, son of enosh, in the line of Seth (Genesis 5).

Sort year3679 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 325 AM, 3679 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Scripture

birth of Kenan, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	325 AM Precision: year	AM 325	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (opens in a new tab) Jones prints only the AM figure here; no BC year is printed for this birth, so year_bc_ad is left null (not inferred).
Ussher	325 AM, 3679 BC Precision: year	3679 BC AM 325	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §15 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	"325 - Kenan born" Precision: year	AM 325	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	325 AM (birth year printed at the start of the kenan bar) Precision: year	AM 325	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 325.
MT-Gen	AM 325 Precision: year	AM 325	Gen 5 cumulative begetting ages (father enosh begat at 90, Gen 5:9) (opens in a new tab)

death of Kenan, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	1235 AM, 2769 BC Precision: year	2769 BC AM 1235	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §26 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	"1235 - Kenan died" Precision: year	AM 1235	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1235 AM Cainan dies @ 910 yrs old Precision: year	AM 1235	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1235.
MT-Gen	AM 1235 Precision: year	AM 1235	Gen 5: birth AM 325 + 910 years (Gen 5:14) (opens in a new tab)

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