The Meaning of Genesis 10:24 Explained

Genesis 10:24

KJV: And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

YLT: And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.

Darby: And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

ASV: And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Arphaxad  begat  Salah;  and Salah  begat  Eber. 

What does Genesis 10:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 10

1  The generations of Noah
2  Japheth
6  Ham
8  Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan
21  The sons of Shem

What do the individual words in Genesis 10:24 mean?

And Arphaxad begat - Shelah and Shelah Eber
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח עֵֽבֶר

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד  And  Arphaxad 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד  
Sense: third son of Shem.
יָלַ֣ד  begat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שָׁ֑לַח  Shelah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁלַח  
Sense: son of Arphaxad and father of Eber.
וְשֶׁ֖לַח  and  Shelah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁלַח  
Sense: son of Arphaxad and father of Eber.
עֵֽבֶר  Eber 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵבֶר  
Sense: son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan.

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