Luke 3:34

Luke 3:34, ff. etc. From Abraham to Adam, comp. Genesis 11:10-26. The only variation is the insertion here of Cainan (Luke 3:36), between ‘Salah' (1 Chronicles 1:18: ‘Shelah') and ‘Arphaxad.' This agrees with the LXX. (Genesis), but with no other Old Testament record. Explanations: 1. That the Jews corrupted the Hebrew in these chronological passages; 2. That the LXX. is incorrect, though followed here; 3. Less probably that the transcriber inserted it here by mistake, and from this passage it got into the LXX. Whether (1.) or (2.) be adopted must depend upon the view taken of the whole chronological difference between the Hebrew Bible and the Greek version. (The latter gives a period before Christ of more than five thousand years.)