Cainan

What is in question: Luke includes a Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah, while the Masoretic Text, the traditional Hebrew text behind many Old Testament editions, goes directly from Arphaxad to Shelah.

One reading

Include Luke's Cainan

contested

Claim: Luke is followed as printed, with Cainan included between Arphaxad and Shelah.

Basis: Luke 3:35-36 names Cainan in the line between Arphaxad and Shelah.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Another reading

Follow Masoretic Genesis directly from Arphaxad to Shelah

majority

Claim: Genesis is followed in its Masoretic form, where Arphaxad fathers Shelah directly.

Basis: Genesis 11:12 says Arphaxad became the father of Shelah and does not name Cainan between them.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: For Hebrew Genesis, the direct Arphaxad-to-Shelah link is the standard Masoretic reading. For Luke, printed New Testament texts include Cainan, so the apparatus treats this as a textual-tradition difference rather than forcing one combined genealogy.

Graph note: Both edges are retained because Luke and the Masoretic Genesis line differ at this point.

Second Cainan in Luke 3:36 between Arphaxad and Shelah; absent from Hebrew Masoretic Genesis 11. Kept as distinct from Kenan/Cainan of Genesis 5.

This person is flagged in the data for textual or identification review.

Textual tradition marker: Greek · Septuagint

Arphaxad -> Cainan Greek · Septuagint Flagged for review. Second Cainan in Luke 3:36; absent from Hebrew Masoretic Genesis 11.

Cainan -> Shelah Greek · Septuagint Flagged for review. Luke 3:35-36 places Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah; absent from Hebrew Masoretic Genesis 11.