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.
Person
Arphaxad
- Name means
- a healer; a releaser
- Lived
- born c. 2345 BC; died c. 1907 BC
- Belongs to
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Mentioned
- 10 verses · first in Genesis 10:22
Family
About Arphaxad
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
On the timeline
- 2345 BCBirth of ArphaxadGenesis 11:10
- 2345 BCLifetime of ArphaxadGenesis 11:12–13
- 2310 BCBirth of SalahGenesis 11:12
- 1907 BCDeath of ArphaxadGenesis 11:13
Every mention
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.