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Person

Salah

Also called Shelah

Mentioned in 8 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 10:24. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 8 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • Genesis 10:24

    Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • Genesis 11:12

    When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

  • Genesis 11:13

    And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:14

    When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

  • Genesis 11:15

    And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles

Luke

  • Luke 3:35

    the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Events

Events the dataset lists Salah as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 2311 BC
    Birth of SalahGenesis 11:12
  2. c. 2311 BC
    Lifetime of SalahGenesis 11:14–15
  3. c. 2281 BC
    Birth of EberGenesis 11:14
  4. c. 1878 BC
    Death of SalahGenesis 11:15

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A shoot, a descendant of Arphaxed (Luke 3:35, 36); called also Shelah (1 Chr. 1:18, 24).

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