Genesis 11 · Verse 14

Genesis 11:14

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 11:14, King James Version

Genesis 11:14 in other translations

BSBWhen Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
WEBShelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
ASVAnd Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
YLTAnd Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber.
DARBYAnd Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
BBEAnd Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:
WebsterAnd Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

What does Genesis 11:14 mean?

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…

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Genesis 11:14 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.

וְשֶׁ֥לַחve.She.lachand ShelahH7974
חַ֖יchaihe livedH2421
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵֽבֶר\׃'E.verEberH5677

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Genesis 11:13

    And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:14

    And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

  • Genesis 11:15

    And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

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Genesis 11:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Sala treinta años, y engendró á Heber.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Shélakh vécut 30 ans, et engendra Héber.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Schelach lebte 30 Jahre und zeugte Heber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sale quoque vixit triginta annis, et genuit Heber.