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Genesis 11:10 KJV
Genesis · chapter 11 · verse 10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:Genesis 11:10 · King James Version
Genesis 11:10 in context
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- generationstôwlᵉdâhdescentH8435 →
- ArphaxadʼArpakshadArpakshad, a son of NoahH775 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
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We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy of Christ is reckoned (Mat 1:1, etc.); so that put ch. 5, ch. 11, and Mt.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-26