Luke 3:36

“Which was the son of Cainan, etc.] This Cainan is not mentioned by Moses in (<011112>Genesis 11:12) nor has he ever appeared in any Hebrew copy of the Old Testament, nor in the Samaritan version, nor in the Targum; nor is he mentioned by Josephus, nor in (<130124>1 Chronicles 1:24) where the genealogy is repeated; nor is it in Beza's most ancient Greek copy of Luke: it indeed stands in the present copies of the Septuagint, but was not originally there; and therefore could not be taken by Luke from thence, but seems to be owing to some early negligent transcriber of Luke's Gospel, and since put into the Septuagint to give it authority: I say “early”, because it is in many Greek copies, and in…”

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“Cainan: This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew Text of any of the genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, probably, the evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for his purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention. (See note on Gen 11:12.) It may here be remarked, that though some of the same names occur here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's genealogy, yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended, different persons often bearing the same name. Sem: Gen 5:32, Gen 7:13, Gen 9:18, Gen 9:26, Gen 9:27, Gen 10:21, Gen 10:22, 11:10-26; Ch1 1:17, Shem Noe: Luk 17:27; Gen 5:29, Gen 5:30, Gen 6:8-10, Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1,…”