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CAIN - C>@ - (possession). kjv@Genesis:4. He was the eldest son of Adam and Eve; he followed the business of agriculture. In a fit of jealousy, roused by the rejection of his own sacrifice and the acceptance of Abel’s, he committed the crime of murder, for which he was expelled from Eden, and led the life of an exile. He settled in the land of Nod, and built a city, which he named after his son Enoch. His descendants are enumerated together with the inventions for which they were remarkable. (B.C. 4000.)



CAIN - C>@ - one of the cities in the low country of Judah, named with Zanoah and Gibeah. kjv@Joshua:15:57)



CAINAN - C>@ - (possessor) Son of Enos, aged 70 years when he begat Mahalaleel his son. He lived 840 years afterwards, and died aged 910. kjv@Genesis:6:9-14) Son of Arphaxad, and father of Sala, according to kjv@Luke:3:36-37) and usually called the second Cainan. The is nowhere named in the Hebrew MSS. It seems certain that his name was introduced into the genealogies of the Greek Old Testament in order to bring them into harmony with the genealogy of Christ in St. Luke’s Gospel.