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Mechuyael מְחוּיָאֵל

fourth generation from Adam in the line of Cain

"And Irad begot Mechuyael, and Mechuyael begot Metushael" (Bereshit 4:18). In that very verse the name stands twice and is spelled differently: first מְחוּיָאֵל, then מְחִיּיָאֵל. Such differences in the Torah are not accidental, and the commentators take them up.

Beyond the name and the fatherhood, nothing is said of him. There are no years.

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Tanakh

  • Bereshit 4:17–24 — the line of Cain: seven generations and Lemech's four children

Chazal: Mishnah, Talmud, midrash, Zohar

  • Bereshit Rabbah 23 — the exposition of the verses on the house of Lemech: on Adah and Zillah, on Naamah, and on the crafts of Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-Cain

Basis: stated in the Tanakh.

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