Arpachshad
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Arpachshad ( – ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa – ʾArpaḵšāḏ; – Arphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah (Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18). His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham. He is said by Gen. 11:10 to have been born two years after the Flood, when Shem was 100.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Arpachshad
- Person.image
- Arphaxad.jpg
- Person.caption
- Arpachshad, son of Shem
- Person.birth_place
- Ur, Sumer(present-day southern Iraq)
- Person.death_date
- (aged 438)
- Person.parents
- Shem
- Person.children
- Selah, and other sons and daughters
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Wikidata facts
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- present in work
- Genesis 10
- date of birth
- 2334-00-00
- date of death
- 1896-00-00
- name in native language
- אַרְפַּכְשַׁד, ʾArpaḵšaḏ
- P8168
- Ostašov
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Encyclopedic overview
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Arpachshad ( – ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa – ʾArpaḵšāḏ; – Arphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah (Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18). His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham. He is said by Gen. 11:10 to have been born two years after the Flood, when Shem was 100.
His name also appears in later books, including the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arpachshad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.