Genesis 11:11

Genesis 11:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Context of Genesis 11:11

9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD there confounded the language of all the earth: and from there 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: And 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.

Genesis 11:11 word by word

וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֗ם אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear

• Shemשֵׁםshêm · ShemH8035
• livedחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Arphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁד'arpakshad · ArpachshadH775
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for Genesis 11:11

• Genesis 5:4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Genesis 9:7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.
• Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
• Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.
• Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

Commentaries on Genesis 11:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 - Section IX - The Line to Abram - XXXV. The Line of Abram 18. רעוּ re‛û Reu, “friend;” verb: “feed, delight in, enjoy.” 20. שׂרוּג śerûg Serug, “vine-shoot.” 22. נחור nāchôr Nachor, “snorting.” 24. תרה terach Terach, “delay?” Aramaic. 26. אברם 'abrām Abram, “high father.” הרן hārān Haran, “mountaineer.” The usual phrase, “These are the generations,” marks the beginning of the fifth document. Accordingly, we now enter upon a new phase…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-26Verses 10-26 Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. the whole earth was of one language. The descendants of Noah, united by the strong bond of a common language, had not separated, and notwithstanding the divine command to replenish the earth, were unwilling to separate. The more pious and well-disposed would of course obey the divine will; but a numerous body, seemingly the aggressive horde mentioned (Ge 10:10), determined to please themselves by occupying the fairest region they came to.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 11:11

• Arphaxad
• Genealogy
• Longevity
• Shem

In the dictionaries

• Shem
• Arphaxad
• Begin
• Confound
• Earth
• Mesopotamia
• Noah
• Scatter
• Slime
• Abraham

Commentaries on Genesis 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings