People of the Bible
Arphaxad
2345 BC – 1907 BC · Genealogy of Jesus
Family
- Father
- Shem
- Brothers and sisters
- Aram (son of Shem), Asshur, Elam (son of Shem), Lud
- Children
- Cainan (son of Arphaxad)
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Arphaxad · 2345 BC
- Lifetime of Arphaxad · 2345 BC
- Birth of Salah · 2310 BC
- Death of Arphaxad · 1907 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.