All people

Arphaxad

♂

Also known as Arpachshad · Arphachshad

Post-flood438 yearsPatriarchIn the line of Christ

Description

Son of Shem, born two years after the Flood. Father of Shelah (per the Masoretic text) or of Cainan (per the Septuagint and Luke 3:36).

Relationships

Parents1
Shem(father)
Children2
Shelah(father)MTCainan (son of Arphaxad)(father)LXX / Luke
Siblings4
ElamAsshurLud (son of Shem)Aram (son of Shem)

Family tree

Two generations up and down. Click any other person to recenter the tree on them. Solid lines are parent-of relationships; dashed pink lines are spouses; dashed amber lines are debated/tradition-divergent edges.