Genesis 11 · Verse 15

Genesis 11:15

And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:15, King James Version

Genesis 11:15 in other translations

BSBAnd after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
WEBShelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
ASVand Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
YLTAnd Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.
DARBYAnd Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
BBEAnd after the birth of Eber, Shelah went on living for four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters:
WebsterAnd Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

What does Genesis 11:15 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 11:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיְחִי\־vay.chi-and he livedH2421
שֶׁ֗לַחShe.lachShelahH7974
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הוֹלִיד֣וֹho.li.Dofathered heH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֵ֔בֶר'E.verEberH5677
שָׁלֹ֣שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969
שָׁנִ֔יםsha.NimyearsH8141
וְאַרְבַּ֥עve.'ar.Ba'and fourH702
מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fatheredH3205
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
וּבָנֽוֹת\׃\ \סu.va.Notand daughtersH1323

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

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 11:16

    And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

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Genesis 11:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vivió Sala, después que engendró á Heber, cuatrocientos y tres años, y engendró hijos é hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Shélakh, après qu’il eut engendré Héber, vécut 403 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Schelach lebte, nachdem er Heber gezeugt hatte, 403 Jahre und zeugte Söhne und Töchter. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vixitque Sale, postquam genuit Heber, quadringentis tribus annis: et genuit filios et filias.