Genesis 11:11
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
In Context
12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Genesis 9:7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
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 →