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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 1:24

Shem's descendants included Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram, later renamed Abraham.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arphaxad;   Genealogy;   Salah;   Shem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cainan;   Genealogy;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sala;   Shem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shelah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Sala(h);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Shelah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arphaxad ;   Sala, Salah ;   Shelah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - She'lah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Sala;   Shelah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Hebrew Names Version
Shem, Arpakhshad, Shelach,
King James Version
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
English Standard Version
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
New Century Version
The family line included Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
New English Translation
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Amplified Bible
Shem [his genealogical line], Arpachshad, Shelah,
New American Standard Bible
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
World English Bible
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Legacy Standard Bible
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Berean Standard Bible
So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
Complete Jewish Bible
Shem, Arpakhshad, Shelach,
Darby Translation
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Easy-to-Read Version
Shem's descendants were Arphaxad, Shelah,
George Lamsa Translation
Shem, Arphahshar, Shelah,
Good News Translation
The family line from Shem to Abram is as follows: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Lexham English Bible
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah;
Literal Translation
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sem, Arphachsad, Salah,
American Standard Version
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Bible in Basic English
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All these were the sonnes of Ioktan: Sem, Arphacsad, Selah,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
King James Version (1611)
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Arphaxad, Sala,
English Revised Version
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sem, Arphaxat, Sale,
Update Bible Version
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
Webster's Bible Translation
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
New King James Version
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
New Living Translation
So this is the family line descended from Shem: Arphaxad, Shelah,
New Life Bible
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
New Revised Standard
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,
Revised Standard Version
Shem, Arpach'shad, Shelah;
Young's Literal Translation
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
THE MESSAGE
The three main branches in summary: Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and Abram (Abraham). And Abraham had Isaac and Ishmael.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

Contextual Overview

1Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 6 Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 9 Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. 10 Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. 11 Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. 13 Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shem: Genesis 11:10-26

Shelah: Luke 3:35, Sala

Reciprocal: Luke 3:34 - Thara

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9

The Third Day

God said, "I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry ground "Land," and he named the water "Ocean." God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
Genesis 7:14
They took along every kind of animal, tame and wild, including the birds.
Genesis 8:19
the living creatures left in groups of their own kind.
Job 39:1
The Lord Continues When do mountain goats and deer give birth? Have you been there when their young are born?
Job 39:5
Who set wild donkeys free?
Job 39:9
Would a wild ox agree to live in your barn and labor for you?
Job 39:19
Did you give horses their strength and the flowing hair along their necks?
Job 40:15
I created both you and the hippopotamus. It eats only grass like an ox,
Psalms 104:18
Wild goats find a home in the tall mountains, and small animals can hide between the rocks.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:24. Shem — "The great priest." - T.


 
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