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Mahalael

Mahalalel [Heb. mahala'el, "praise of God"]. A personal name.

Son of Cainan, son of Enosh, son of Seth, son of Adam, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and ninety-five years and fathered Jared and other sons and daughters (Gen 5:15-17). He is mentioned in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as "the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God" (Luke 1: 37-38).

C. Adelina Alexe

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Footnote:

C. Adelina Alexe, “Mahalael,“ Seventh-day Adventist International Biblical-Theological Dictionary (2026-), ed. Daniel K. Bediako and Keldie Paroschi, https://dictionary.adventist.org/mahalael, accessed October 28, 2026

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