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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 1:18

Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Arphaxad;   Sala;   Shelah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cainan;   Shelah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Table of Nations;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Shelah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arphaxad ;   Cainan ;   Eber ;   Heber ;   Sala, Salah ;   Shelah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - She'lah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sala;   Shelah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Arphaxad;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
Hebrew Names Version
Arpakhshad became the father of Shelach, and Shelach became the father of `Ever.
King James Version
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
English Standard Version
Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
New Century Version
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
New English Translation
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Amplified Bible
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
New American Standard Bible
Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
World English Bible
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber.
Legacy Standard Bible
Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Berean Standard Bible
And Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Contemporary English Version
Arpachshad was Shelah's father and Eber's grandfather.
Complete Jewish Bible
Arpakhshad fathered Shelach, Shelach fathered ‘Ever,
Darby Translation
—And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
Easy-to-Read Version
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
George Lamsa Translation
And Arphahshar begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
Lexham English Bible
And Arphaxad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
Literal Translation
And Arphaxad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Arphachsad begat Salah. Salah begat Eber.
American Standard Version
And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
Bible in Basic English
And Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Arphacsad begat Selah, and Selah begat Eber.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
King James Version (1611)
And Arphaxad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber.
English Revised Version
And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Arphaxat gendride Sale; which hym silf gendride Heber.
Update Bible Version
And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
New King James Version
Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
New Living Translation
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
New Life Bible
Arpachshad was the father of Shelah. And Shelah was the father of Eber.
New Revised Standard
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Arpachshad, begat Shelah, - and, Shelah, begat Eber.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Arphaxad begot Sale, and Sale begot Heber.
Revised Standard Version
Arpach'shad was the father of Shelah; and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Young's Literal Translation
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
THE MESSAGE
Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had two sons: Peleg (Division) because in his time the earth was divided up; his brother was Joktan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber.

Contextual Overview

1 Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, 2 Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared. 3 Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech, 4 who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 6 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes. 8 The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 9 The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 10 (Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shelah: Genesis 10:24, Genesis 11:12-15, Salah

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
It starts at one end of the sky and goes across to the other. Nothing can hide from its heat.
Jeremiah 31:35
The Lord provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea and makes it roar; his name is the Lord Almighty.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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