King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:18

And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

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וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖דvearpakhshadand Arphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Arphaxad”H775Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by himArphaxad.יָלַ֣דyaladbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שָׁ֑לַחshalachSalahשֶׁלַחnoun, proper name — “Salah”H7974Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarchSalah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.וְשֶׁ֖לַחveshelachand Salahשֶׁלַחconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Salah”H7974Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarchSalah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.יָלַ֥דyaladbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֵֽבֶרeverEberעֵבֵרnoun, proper name — “Eber”H5677Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four IsraelitesEber, Heber.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

World English Bible

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.

Darby Translation

— And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

Douay-Rheims

And Arphaxad beget Sale, and Sale beget Heber.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)