Genesis 11:14

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.

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WEBBE

Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.

BSB

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

KJV

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

ASV

And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

BBE

And Shelah was thirty years old when he became the father of Eber:

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וְשֶׁלַח ve·she·lach and Shelah H7974 חַי chai he lived H2421 שְׁלֹשִׁים she·lo·shim thirty H7970 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וַיּוֹלֶד vai·yo·led and he fathered H3205 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֵבֶר 'e·ver Eber H5677

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–26

Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the promised Seed, who was the son of Abram. Nothing is left upon record but their names and ages; the Holy Ghost seeming to hasten through them to the history of Abram. How little do we know of those that are gone before us in this world, even of those that lived in the same places where we live, as we likewise know little of those who now live in distant places! We have enough to do to mind our own work. When the earth began to be peopled, men's lives began to shorten; this was the wise disposal of Providence.

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1 Chronicles 1:18

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