Mahalaleel was born when Cainan was seventy years old (Genesis 5:12 KJV). It is believed that the name Mahalaleel means “praise of God”. Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, is the fourth generation from Adam in the line of Seth‘s descendants.
Mahalaleel, Father of Jared
When Mahalaleel was sixty-five years old, he begat Jared (Genesis 5:15 KJV). He lived another eight hundred and thirty years after Jared was born and within that span of time, Mahalaleel had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:16 KJV).
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Mahalaleel lived a total of eight hundred and ninety-five years (Genesis 5:17 KJV). On the chart of the Biblical Timeline, Mahalaleel lived from 3609 BC to 2714 BC.