Genesis 11:14
in Genesis 11When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
KJV
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
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This verse in Genesis 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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.
This site's exposition
When Shelah was 30 years old
Shelah became a father five years younger than Arphaxad had, as John Gill observes. Bede notes that the Greek translation of the seventy has one hundred and thirty years here, adding a century to the age. The Greek adds it again at Eber, Peleg and Serug.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Sale also lived thirty years and begot Heber. The seventy interpreters have it one hundred and thirty.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. He had a son born to him five years sooner than his father had; of Eber; see Gill on Gen 10:25.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֶׁ֥לַח | veshelach | and Shelah | H7974 → | 9 times |
| חַ֖י | chai | he lived | H2421 → | 282 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | 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 |
| עֵֽבֶר׃ | ʾever | Eber | H5677 → | 15 times |
וְשֶׁ֥לַחand Shelah
veshelachH7974 →9 times
חַ֖יhe lived
chaiH2421 →282 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵֽבֶר׃Eber
ʾeverH5677 →15 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).