Arpachshad
Arpachshad, son of Shem, was born two years after the flood and was an ancestor of Abraham.
MaleEarly PatriarchPatriarchs eraOld & New Testaments3 books10 verses
Summary
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 10:22; referred to as Arpachshad (אַרְפַּכְשַׁד) or Arphaxad (Ἀρφαξάδ); son of Shem; a brother of Asshur, Elam, Lud and Aram; father of Cainan.
Events
Dates are approximate
- Birth of Arphaxadc. 2346 BC
- Lifetime of Arphaxadc. 2346 BC
- Birth of Salahc. 2311 BC
- Death of Arphaxadc. 1908 BC
Glossary entries
Family members
Alternative names
- ἈρφαξάδArphaxadmeans “a healer; a releaser”
- אַרְפַּכְשַׁדArpachshad
Mentions
- Genesis 10:22אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:24אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadArphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- Genesis 11:10אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadThis is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
- Genesis 11:11אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadAnd after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:12אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadWhen Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
- Genesis 11:13אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadAnd after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 1:18אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadArphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24אַרְפַּכְשַׁד · ArpachshadSo from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
- Luke 3:36Ἀρφαξάδ · Arphaxad…the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,