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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Irad (Man living at the time before the Flood)

Cain's grandson through Enoch and Mehujael's father. His line runs on to Lamech and the culture-founders Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain.

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Cain's grandson through Enoch and Mehujael's father. His line runs on to Lamech and the culture-founders Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain.

Who this is

A grandson of Cain through Enoch, and the father of Mehujael, in the brief genealogy Genesis 4:18 traces from Cain down to Lamech and his children. The list exists mainly to connect Cain's line to the culture-founders named two verses later, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain.

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H5897

Where it appears
  • Genesis 4:18

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