Genesis - 11:12

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12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:12.

Differing Translations

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And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah.
And Arpachshad was thirty-five years old when he became the father of Shelah:
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.
And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Kenan.
Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived Shelah.
Et Arphachsad vixit quinque et triginta annos, et genuit Selah.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Arphaxad lived - The Septuagint bring in here a second Cainan, with an addition of one hundred and thirty years. St. Luke follows the Septuagint, and brings in the same person in the same way. But the Hebrew text, both here and in 1-Chronicles 1:1-28, is perfectly silent on this subject, and the best chronologists have agreed in rejecting this as a spurious generation.

And Arphaxad lived thirty five years, and begat Salah. Arphaxad is the first on record that had a son born to him so early; of Salah; see Gill on Genesis 10:24.

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