From Shem to Abram(A)

10 This is the account(B) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[a] of Arphaxad.(C) 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.(D) 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.
  2. Genesis 11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. 13 And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters

The Semites(A)

17 The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:[a]

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:17 One Hebrew manuscript and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this line.

18 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.

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24 Shem,(A) Arphaxad,[a] Shelah,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:24 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Arphaxad, Cainan (see also note at Gen. 11:10)

36 the son of Cainan,

the son of Arphaxad,(A) the son of Shem,

the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,(B)

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