1 Chronicles 1:18

1 Chronicles 1:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
• New International Version (NIV)Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:18

16the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites. 17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud; Aram: Uz, Chul, Geter and Meshech. Arpachshad fathered Shelah and Shelah fathered Eber. 19To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg —for in his days the earth was divided— and his brother’s name was Joktan. 20Joktan fathered: Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah;

1 Chronicles 1:18 word by word

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד יָלַ֣ד אֶת־שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Arphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁד'arpakshad · ArpachshadH775
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Shelahשֶׁ֫לַחshelach · ShelahH7974
• Eberעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · EberH5677

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:18

• Genesis 10:24Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
• Genesis 11:12Arpachshad lived 35 years when he fathered Shelah.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:18

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:18

• Arphaxad
• Genealogy
• Salah
• Shem

In the dictionaries

• Arphaxad
• Sala
• Shelah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Sala, Salah
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Aram, Aramean, Aramaic, Aram of Damascus
• Elam, Elamites

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary