Genesis 11:10
8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
11 And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
- BLB
- These [are] the generations of Shem. Shem [was] a son of a hundred years, and he begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.
- ÅB
- Dette er historien om Sems etterkommere: Da Sem var hundre år gammel, fikk han sønnen Arpaksad to år etter vannflommen.
- OTB
- Dette er slektshistorien til Sem. Sem var 100 år gammel da han ble far til Arpaksjad, to år etter flommen.
- B1930
- Dette er historien om Sems ætt: Da Sem var hundre år gammel, fikk han sønnen Arpaksad to år efter vannflommen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 1:17–27
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Read in contextLuke 3:34–36
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Read in contextGenesis 11:27
This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
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