King James Version

Genesis 11:13

And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

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וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֗דarpakhshadArphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדnoun, proper name — “Arphaxad”H775Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by himArphaxad.אַֽחֲרֵי֙achareafterאַחַרpreposition — “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…הוֹלִיד֣וֹholidvobearיָלַדverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to 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).שֶׁ֔לַחshelachSalahשֶׁלַחnoun, proper name — “Salah”H7974Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarchSalah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.שָׁלֹ֣שׁshaloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁנִ֔יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וְאַרְבַּ֥עvearbaand fourאַרְבַּעconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand 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…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a 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, […וּבָנֽוֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

World English Bible

Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

Darby Translation

And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims

And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Cainan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔζησεν Ἀρφαξὰδ, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καϊνᾶν, ἔτη τετρακόσια, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, καὶ ἀπέθανε. Καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν ἑκατὸν καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σαλά· καὶ ἔξησε Καϊνᾶν, μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σαλὰ, ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα, καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, καὶ ἀπέθανε.