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Genesis 11:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 11 · verse 12
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:Genesis 11:12 · King James Version
Genesis 11:12 in context
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:
13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ArphaxadʼArpakshadArpakshad, a son of NoahH775 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- livedchâyayto liveH2425 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- begatyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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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