Genesis 11:10-26
International Standard Version
Descendants of Shem
10 These are the family records[a] of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 Shem lived 500 years after he fathered Arpachshad and had other[b] sons and daughters.
12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Cainan. 13 After he fathered Cainan, Arpachshad lived 430 years and had other[c] sons and daughters, and then died.
Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Shelah. After he fathered Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other[d] sons and daughters, and then died.[e]
14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. 15 After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other[f] sons and daughters.
16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. 17 After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other[g] sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. 19 After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other[h] sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. 21 After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other[i] sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. 23 After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other[j] sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. 25 After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other[k] sons and daughters.
26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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- Genesis 11:10 Or generations
- Genesis 11:11 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:13 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:13 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:13 So with LXX (cf. Gen. 10:24 & Luke 3:35-36). MT reads Arpachshad lived 403 years after fathering Shelah, and had sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:15 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:17 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:19 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:21 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:23 The Heb. lacks other
- Genesis 11:25 The Heb. lacks other
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