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Mahalalel
Mahalalel or Mahalaleel was a patriarch named in the Hebrew Bible. The King James Version spells his name Mahalaleel in the Old Testament and Maleleel in the New Testament.
Family.
Mahalalel was a son of Kenan, son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam in the Old Testament of the Bible. He was also the father of Jared.
In Judaeo-Christian mythology Mahalalel is an ancestor of Noah, and thus, of all humanity.
He appears in the Book of Genesis 5:12
(Genesis 5:1-32) is attributed to the Priestly source. A parallel passage (Genesis 4:17-22) which contains a genealogy of the descendants of Cain, is attributed to the Jahwist, another ancient version of the same original genealogy. The two genealogies contain seven similar names, and the Jahwist's version of the genealogy has Irad in the place of Jared.
Tradition.
His father Mahalalel, great-grandson of Seth, son of Adam, was 65 years old when Jared was born. In the