Arphaxad
Maleb. 2346 BCd. 1908 BC
Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.
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Key verses
Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Luke 3:36
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
Genesis 11:11
Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:10
This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
Genesis 10:24
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.