Mahalalel
Mahalalel is the son of Cainan and the father of Jared, making him the grandfather of Enoch. Enoch lay in the house of his grandfather Mahalalel when he saw a vision of the heaven collapsing, and Mahalalel woke him and asked why he cried and lamented. He appears in the ancestral line from Adam through Seth, Enos, and Cainan, and is named among the fathers whose name would be blessed in seed along with Shem, Noah, Enoch, Enos, Seth, and Adam.
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Key Passages
Mahalalel in Enoch 37
The Book of Enoch 37:1
The second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cai...
1he second vision which he saw, the vision of wisdom -which Enoch the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, saw.
Mahalalel in Enoch 83
The Book of Enoch 83:3
I had laid me down in the house of my grandfather Mahalalel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven collapsed and was b...
3 had laid me down in the house of my grandfather Mahalalel, (when) I saw in a vision how the heaven collapsed and was borne off and fell to 4 the earth.
Mahalalel in Enoch 83
The Book of Enoch 83:6
And my grandfather Mahalalel waked me as I lay near him, and said unto me: ' Why dost thou cry so, my son, and why dost ...
6nd my grandfather Mahalalel waked me as I lay near him, and said unto me: ' Why dost thou cry so, my son, and why dost thou make such lamentation?'