Kenan was an antediluvian patriarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis and the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. As the son of Enosh and grandson of Seth, he belongs to the early generations of humanity described in the Hebrew Bible. According to biblical chronology, he fathered Mahalalel at the age of 70 and lived for 910 years. Beyond the Hebrew Bible, he is recognized in Islamic tradition as Kinān ibn Anūsh, where he is sometimes regarded as a prophet.