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Arpachshad אַרְפַּכְשַׁד
Arpachshad, son of Shem, was born two years after the flood and was an ancestor of Abraham (<ref="Gen.10.22,24; 11:10-13; 1Ch.1.17-18,24; Luke 3:36">Gen.10.22,24; 11:10-13; 1Ch.1.17-18,24; Luke 3:36</ref>).
Also called Arphaxad.
Family
Where Arpachshad appears
Genesis (6), 1 Chronicles (3), Luke (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 10:22 first mention — The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:24 — And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
- Genesis 11:10 — These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
- Genesis 11:11 — And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:12 — And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
- Genesis 11:13 — And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 — The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 1:18 — And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 — Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
- Luke 3:36 — 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,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.