Genesis 11 · Verse 10

Genesis 11:10

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

Genesis 11:10, King James Version

Genesis 11:10 in other translations

BSB	This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
WEB	This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
ASV	These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
YLT	These are births of Shem: Shem is a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.
DARBY	These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
BBE	These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
Webster	These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

What does Genesis 11:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 These are the generations of Shem - This may he called the holy family, as from it sprang Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, David, Solomon, and all the great progenitors of the Messiah. We have already seen that the Scripture chronology, as it exists in the Hebrew text, the Samaritan, the Septuagint, Josephus, and some of the fathers, is greatly embarrassed; and it is yet much more so in the various systems of learned and unlearned chronologists. For a full and rational view of this subject, into which the nature of these notes forbids me farther to enter, I must refer my reader to Dr. Hales's laborious work, "A New Analysis of Sacred Chronology," vol. ii., part 1, etc., in which he enters into the subject with a cautious but firm step; and, if he has not been able to remove all its difficulties, has thrown very considerable light upon most parts of it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:10-26

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 now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 11:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428

תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtol.Dot[are] [the] accounts ofH8435

שֵׁ֔םShemShemH8035

שֵׁ֚םShemShemH8035

בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121

מְאַ֣תme.'Atone hundredH3967

שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141

וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑ד'ar.pakh.ShadArphaxadH775

שְׁנָתַ֖יִםshe.na.Ta.yimtwo yearsH8141

אַחַ֥ר'a.CharafterH310

הַמַּבּֽוּל\׃ha.ma.Bulthe floodH3999

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Cross references for Genesis 11:10

1 Chronicles 1:17-27
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, …
Luke 3:34-36
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 10:21-22
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 1658. B.C. 2346.
27; 10:21,22; 1Ch 1:17-27; Lu 3:34-36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:11
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Estas son las generaciones de Sem: Sem, de edad de cien años, engendró á Arphaxad, dos años después del diluvio.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	*Ce sont ici les générations de Sem: Sem était âgé de 100 ans, et il engendra Arpacshad, deux ans après le déluge.
German Elberfelder 1871	Dies sind die Geschlechter Sems: Sem war 100 Jahre alt und zeugte Arpaksad, zwei Jahre nach der Flut.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Hæ sunt generationes Sem: Sem erat centum annorum quando genuit Arphaxad, biennio post diluvium.