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Genealogy from Shem to Abram

Genesis 11:10

In 11 translations

BSB
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
KJV
¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
WEB
This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
ASV
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
LSV
These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [is] a son of one hundred years, and begets Arphaxad two years after the flood.
YLT
These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
DBY
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
DRC
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
GNV
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundreth yeere olde, and begate Arpachshad two yeere after the flood.
JPS
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.
LXXE
And these are the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת שֵׁ֔ם שֵׁ֚ם בֶּן־מְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד שְׁנָתַ֖יִם אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις Σήμ· καὶ ἦν Σὴμ υἱὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξὰδ, δευτέρου ἔτους μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν.

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👤 Arphaxad👤 Shem◆ Lifetime of Shem◆ Birth of Arphaxad

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17–27The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. Two sons were born to Eber: One was named…
  • Luke 3:34–36the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of…
  • Genesis 11:27This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
  • Genesis 10:21–22And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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