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Afterאַחֲרֵיhe fatheredהוֹלִידוֹEber,אֶת עֵבֶרShelahשֶׁלַחlivedוַיְחִיfour hundredאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹתandוְthreeשָׁלֹשׁyearsשָׁנִים שָׁנָהand fatheredוַיּוֹלֶדsonsבָּנִיםand daughters.וּבָנוֹת
Genesis 11:15
Study it in the app“After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.”
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Genesis 11:15, word by word
- he fatheredהוֹלִידholid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “holid” appears- Eberעֵבֶרever
Eber
Eber, an ancestor of Abraham; the word "Hebrew" seems to come from his name. Also the name of other men.
Where else “ever” appears- Shelahשֶׁלַחshelach
Shelah
Shelah, son of Arpachshad and father of Eber.
Where else “shelach” appears- livedיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- four hundredאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- four hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shanim” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and daughtersבָנוֹתvanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vanot” appears
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Genesis 11:10-26
10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood. 11After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 12Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelah. 13After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters. 14Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber. 15After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters. 16Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg. 17After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters. 18Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Reu. 19After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters. 20Reu lived thirty-two years and fathered Serug. 21After he fathered Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters. 22Serug lived thirty years and fathered Nahor. 23After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived two hundred years and fathered sons and daughters. 24Nahor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terah. 25After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen years and fathered sons and daughters. 26Terah lived seventy years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27Abram, that is, Abraham.
The context
14Shelah lived thirty years and fathered Eber.
15 · This verse (above)
16Eber lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg.
To study Genesis 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people in the land of Shinar say as they built their city and tower (vv. 3-4)?
2. What it means
Why did YHWH confuse their language and scatter them over the whole earth (vv. 6-9)?
3. How I live it
In what you are planning, what is for making a name for yourself, and what is for serving others?