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12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

Genesis 11:12

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  • Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-26)

We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy of Christ is reckoned (Matt. 1:1-17); so that put Gen. 5:1-32 ; 11:10-26 ; Matt. 1:1-17 , together, and you have such an entire genealogy of Jesus Christ as cannot be produced, for aught I know, conc…

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