24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
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And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: …
Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-32)Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem:— I. The description of Shem, v . 21. We have not only his name, Shem , which signifies a name , but two titles to distinguish him by:— 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber . Eber was his great grandson; but why should he be called the father of all his children, rather than of all Arphaxad’s, or Salah’s, etc…
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