Genesis 11:10
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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.
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- 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, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Read in contextLuke 3:34–36
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
Read in contextGenesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Read in contextGenesis 10:21–22
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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