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Genesis 11:10

These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

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אֵ֚לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).תּוֹלְדֹ֣תtoledotbirthתּוֹלְדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “birth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8435(plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figuratively) historybirth, generations.שֵׁ֔םshemShemשֵׁםnoun, proper name — “Shem”H8035Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)Sem, Shem.שֵׁ֚םshemShemשֵׁםnoun, proper name — “Shem”H8035Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)Sem, Shem.בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מְאַ֣תmeathundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, construct — “hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֔הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֖וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to 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).אַרְפַּכְשָׁ֑דarpakhshadArphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדnoun, proper name — “Arphaxad”H775Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by himArphaxad.שְׁנָתַ֖יִםshenatayimyearשָׁנֶהadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).אַחַ֥רacharafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הַמַּבּֽוּלhamabulthe floodמַבּוּלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the flood”, the ordinary formH3999a delugeflood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:

Young’s Literal Translation

These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.

World English Bible

This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Darby Translation

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

Douay-Rheims

These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And these are the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις Σήμ· καὶ ἦν Σὴμ υἱὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξὰδ, δευτέρου ἔτους μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν.