Person

Arphaxad

Gender:: Male
Born:: 2346 BC
Died:: 1908 BC
Verse mentions:: 10

Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.

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Parents 1

Shem· father

Children 1

Cainan

Siblings 4

Aram Asshur Elam Lud

Member of 1

Genealogy of Jesus

Events 4

Birth of Arphaxad Birth of Salah Death of Arphaxad Lifetime of Arphaxad

Appears in 10

Reference	Verse
Genesis 10:22	The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:24	And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
Genesis 11:10	These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:11	And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12	And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Genesis 11:13	And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
1 Chronicles 1:17	The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles 1:18	And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
1 Chronicles 1:24	Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Luke 3:36	Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

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