And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
— And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Voices2
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The great promise of the Messiah (says bishop Patrick) was translated from Adam to Seth, from him to Shem, from him to Eber, and so to the Hebrew nation, who were entrusted, above all nations, with that sacred treasure, till the promise was performed and the Messiah had come, and then that nation was made not a people.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The walk2
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Genesis 10:24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
leads to
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches2
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
