Genesis - 11:14



14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 11:14.

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And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Eber.
Et Selah vixit triginta annos, et genuit Eber.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. He had a son born to him five years sooner than his father had; of Eber; see Gill on Genesis 10:25.

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