Genesis 11:12
in Genesis 11When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
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ASV
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelah:
KJV
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd Arphaxad lived thirty five years, and begat Salah. Arphaxad is the first on record that had a son born to him so early; of Salah; see Gill on Gen 10:24.
This site's exposition
When Arphaxad was 35 years old
on Genesis 11:12-15
The list keeps the shape of Genesis 5 and drops its refrain. Every man in Genesis 5 ended with and then he died, and no death is recorded here. The ages at fatherhood fall, from a hundred and more in Adam's line to 35 for Arphaxad and 30 for Shelah.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Moreover, Arfaxat lived thirty-five years and begot Sale. In this place, the Septuagint interpreters added one generation more than the Hebrew truth, stating that Arfaxat was one hundred and thirty-five years old when he begot Cainan, who, when he was one hundred and thirty years …
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And Arphaxad lived - The Septuagint bring in here a second Cainan, with an addition of one hundred and thirty years. St. Luke follows the Septuagint, and brings in the same person in the same way. But the Hebrew text, both here and in 1 Chronicles 1:1-28, is perfectly silent on this subject, and the best chronologists have agreed in rejecting this as a spurious generation.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣ד | vearpakhshad | and Arphaxad | H775 → | 9 times |
| חַ֔י | chai | he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| חָמֵ֥שׁ | chamesh | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים | usheloshim | and thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָֽׁלַח׃ | shalach | Shelah | H7974 → | 9 times |
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֣דand Arphaxad
vearpakhshadH775 →9 times
חַ֔יhe lived
chaiH2421 →282 times
חָמֵ֥שׁfive
chameshH2568 →343 times
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםand thirty
usheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָֽׁלַח׃Shelah
shalachH7974 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
it leads to
- Genesis 10:21–22
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Genesis 5:28–32
When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
- Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
- Genesis 11:10–26
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
- 1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- Genesis 10:21–22
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.