Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'cainan' occurs 17 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'cainan' in the standard works and contain 88.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Moses 6:17-19 (6 in 3 verses)

Gen. 5:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)


Gen. 5:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:




Luke 3:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 5 0 5
NT 2 0 2
BM 0 0 0
DC 2 0 2
PGP 8 0 8
TOTAL 17 0 17

Gen. 5:9
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

Gen. 5:10
And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:12
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

Gen. 5:13
And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:14
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Luke 3:36
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

Luke 3:37
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

D&C 107:45
God called upon Cainan in the wilderness in the fortieth year of his age; and he met Adam in journeying to the place Shedolamak. He was eighty-seven years old when he received his ordination.

D&C 107:53
Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.

Moses 6:17
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. And Enos and the residue of the people of God came out from the land, which was called Shulon, and dwelt in a land of promise, which he called after his own son, whom he had named Cainan.

Moses 6:18
And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.

Moses 6:19
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel; and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.

Moses 6:41
And he said unto them: I came out from the land of Cainan, the land of my fathers, a land of righteousness unto this day. And my father taught me in all the ways of God.

Moses 6:42
And it came to pass, as I journeyed from the land of Cainan, by the sea east, I beheld a vision; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake with me, and gave me commandment; wherefore, for this cause, to keep the commandment, I speak forth these words.