Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
Arpachshad
Shem’s third son, born two years after the flood when Shem was 100 (Genesis 11:10). He was 35 when his son Shelah was born (Genesis 11:12). Abraham descends from him. Luke writes his name Arphaxad in the genealogy of Jesus and puts one more name, Cainan, between him and Shelah (Luke 3:36); see the note on Cainan.
Born two years after the Flood. Luke 3:36 lists a second Cainan after Arpachshad, following the Greek Septuagint; this timeline follows the Hebrew (Masoretic) text of Genesis 11, which has no Cainan here and no extra years.
Family
- Father
- Shem
- Children
- Cainan, Shelah
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