Bible Strands
Genesis 11:12
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records a patriarchal genealogy during the post-Flood period, documenting the chronological succession from Shem to Arphaxad and then to Shelah.
The words — The text uses חַי (chai, “he lived”) and וַיּוֹלֶד (va-yoleḏ, “and he fathered”) to mark the passage of time and the establishment of lineage.
The thread — This genealogical formula appears throughout Genesis 5 and 10, and the line is explicitly preserved in Luke 3:36 as part of Christ’s ancestral record.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to track the precise chronological and biological continuity of human generations without assuming theological commentary beyond the recorded dates and names.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Cross-references
- Luke 3:36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,