Luke 3:36

34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
KJV
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
WEB
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
ASV
the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamech,
DARBY
of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
BLB
of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech,
ÅB
sønn av Kenan, sønn av Arpaksad, sønn av Sem, sønn av Noah, sønn av Lamek,
OTB
sønn av Kenan,
sønn av Arpaksjad, sønn av Sem,
sønn av Noah, sønn av Lamek,
B1930
sønn av Kenan, sønn av Arpaksad, sønn av Sem, sønn av Noah, sønn av Lamek,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Genesis 5:28–32

    When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

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  • Genesis 9:1

    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  • 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.

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  • Ezekiel 14:14

    then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Peter 2:5

    if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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