John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:37
Which was the son of Mathusala ,.... The same with Methuselah; and so he is called by the Septuagint in Genesis 5:25 which was the son of Enoch , Genesis 5:21 which was the son of Jared Genesis 5:18 , which was the son of Maleleel ; the same with Mahalaleel; who is also so called by the seventy interpreters, in Genesis 5:15 as here; which was the son of Cainan, Genesis 5:12 . read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:36
Which was the son of Cainan ,.... This Cainan is not mentioned by Moses in 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 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,... read more