Genesis 11:11

And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

In Context

10These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

12And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

Genesis 9:7But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth, and fill it.

Psalms 128:3behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:11-27

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.… Read the whole commentary →

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