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Arphaxad ben Shem , King of Arapachtis
- Preferred Name: Arphaxad ben Shem , King of Arapachtis[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Alternate Name: Arpachade Arpachshad
- Alternate Name: أرفخشذ
- Alternate Name: Arfaxade
- Alternate Name: Arfaxad Arfakhshadh
- Alternate Name: Arpheckshad
- Alternate Name: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד ארפכשד
- Gender: M
- Burial: in Salem, Jerusalem, Canaan
- Death: 1908 BC in Salem, Canaan
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King Of Arrapachtis
- FSID: L2KB-RHD
- Birth: ABT 2346 BC in Salem, Cannan
- Ancestor+: with note: Description: Chaldeans
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
3rd SON of SHEM. BORN 1659 AM. TWO YEARS AFTER NOAH'S FLOOD. MOUNT LUBAR. Land of ARARAT. in present day TURKEY.
Arpachshad or Arphaxad or Arphacsad (Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַדֿ / אַרְפַּכְשָדֿ, Modern Arpakhshad Tiberian ʾArpaḵšaḏ / ʾArpaḵšāḏ ISO 259-3 ʔarpakšad; Arabic: 'أرفخشذ', Ārfakhshad) was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah (Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron. 1:17-18). His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham. He is said by Gen. 11:10 to have been born two years after the Flood, when Shem was 100.
Arpachshad's son is called Salah, except in the Septuagint, where his son is Cainan (קינן), Salah being Arpachshad's grandson. Cainan is also identified as Arpachshad's son in Luke 3:36 and Jubilees 8:1. The Book of Jubilees additionally identifies Arpachshad's wife as Rasu'aya, the daughter of Susan, who was the son (or daughter in some versions) of Shem's older son Elam. (Arpachshad's mother is named in this source as Sedeqetelebab; for competing traditions on the name of Shem's wife see wives aboard the Ark.)
Some ancient Jewish sources, particularly Jubilees, point to Arpachshad as the immediate progenitor of Ura and Kesed, who allegedly founded the city of Ur Kesdim (Ur of the Chaldees) on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jub. 9:4; 11:1-7) — the same bank where Ur, identified by Leonard Woolley in 1927 as Ur of the Chaldees, is located.
Until Woolley's identification of Ur, Arpachshad was understood by many Jewish and Muslim scholars to be an area in northern Mesopotamia, Urfa of the Yazidis. This led to the identification of Arpachshad with Urfa-Kasid (due to similarities in the names ארפ־כשד and כשדים) - a land associated with the Khaldis, whom Josephus confused with the Chaldean. Donald B. Redford asserted that Arpachshad is to be identified with Babylon.
Another Arpaxad is referenced in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith as a king of the Medes, and if this supposed Median king is contemporary with the conquest of the Assyrians, he could be identified with Phraortes (c. 665 - 633 BC). If he is contemporary with Nebuchadnezzar II (named as king of the Assyrians in Judith), he might be identified with Cyaxares (r. 625–585 BC).
Arphaxad is one of the sons of Shem and grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:22 KJV). He was born when Shem was a hundred years old or two years after the flood (Genesis 11:10 KJV). Given this case, we can assume that Shem was born 2 years after Noah reached five hundred years old which was 2446 BC. Provided this information, Arphaxad’s birth on the Biblical Timeline is 2346 BC.
The name Arphaxad means “stronghold of Chaldees” from Hebrew origin. It is said that Arphaxad dwelt in Mesopotamia and is the forefather of Chaldeans.
Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years and begat Salah (Genesis 11:12 KJV). After Salah was born, he lived another four hundred and three years and begat other sons and daughters before he finally rested (Genesis 11:13 KJV). Arphaxad lived a total of four hundred thirty-eight years. This would be from 2346 BC to 1908 BC on the Biblical Timeline.
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Some ancient Jewish sources, particularly Jubilees, point to Arpachshad as the immediate progenitor of Ura and Kesed, who allegedly founded the city of Ur Kesdim (Ur of the Chaldees) on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jub. 9:4; 11:1-7) — the same bank where Ur, identified by Leonard Woolley in 1927 as Ur of the Chaldees, is located.[3]
Until Woolley's identification of Ur, Arpachshad was understood by many Jewish and Muslim scholars to be an area in northern Mesopotamia, Urfa of the Yazidis. This led to the identification of Arpachshad with Urfa-Kasid (due to similarities in the names ארפ־כשד and כשדים) - a land associated with the Khaldis, whom Josephus confused with the Chaldeans. Donald B. Redford asserted that Arpachshad is to be identified with Babylon.[4]
Another Arpaxad is referenced in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith as a king of the Medes, and if this supposed Median king is contemporary with the conquest of the Assyrians, he could be identified with Phraortes (c. 665 - 633 BC). If he is contemporary with Nebuchadnezzar II (named as king of the Assyrians in Judith), he might be identified with Cyaxares (r. 625–585 BC).[5]
Eve History & Book of Jubilee
Gen 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Born abt 4000 BC
Gen 2:21-25 See Adam Rin 4928 for script.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any
Arpachshad History
The Book of Jubilees
10:5 And Japheth and his sons went towards the sea and dwelt in the land of their portion, and Makai saw the land of the sea and it did not please him, and he begged a (portion)
Luke 2:23-38 Joseph's lineage to God
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph (M1XP-LBX), which was the son of Heli (LD83-JVG),
24 Which was the son of Matthat (LDYV-R4Z), whic
=== Scripture Reference ===
Gen 7:6-7, 11:10, 1 Pet 3:20
=== GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Arphaxad (Arp ===
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Arphaxad (Arphared)
=== Arfaxade pai de Salá Genesis 11:12,13 ===
E viveu Arfaxade 35 anos e gerou a Salá. E viveu Arfaxade depois que gerou a Salá 500 anos e gerou filhos e filhas.
=== Discrepância da contagem feita até aqui ===
Genesis 11:10:11 Sem era da idade de 100 anos e gerou a Arfaxade, DOIS ANOS DEPOIS DO DILUVIO. Na contagem até aqui Sem, o pai de Arfaxade teria nascido por volta de 1556 no calendário crescente da criação desde Adão. Se ele tinha 100 anos quando gerou Arfaxade por essa contagem Arfaxade teria nascido por volta de 1656.
Mas se pela mesma contagem o diluvio ocorreu por volta de 1656 não bate com o texto que diz que Arfaxade foi gerado 2 anos depois do dilúvio. Arfaxede deveria ter nascido então em 1658.Ficou então uma margem de erro de dois anos da data do dilúvio. Resumo:Pela contagem feita até aqui o diluvio teria ocorrido em 1656 Por este texto biblico o nascimento de Arfaxade se deu dois anos depois do diluvio ou seja deveria ter sido em 1658.
=== ABT 2342-1904BC ===
ABT 2342-1904BC
=== Bible ===
Genesis 10-22
=== History ===
- 35yrs had Shelah.
- 403 yrs had other sons and daughters.
- Genesi 11-12
Preferred Parents:
Father: Shem ben Noah 11th Patriarch, b. ABT 2446 BC in Shulon, East Eden d. ABT 1846 BC in Salem, Canaan
Mother: Sedeqetelebab bint Eliakim, b. ABT 2440 BC in Shulon, East Eden d. ABT 2000 BC in Canaan, East of Eden
Family 1: Raseuja bat Elam of Ur, b. ABT 2509 BC in Salem, Cannan d. ABT 1950 BC in Haran, Padan-Aram, Egypt
- Cainan ben Arphaxad, King of Arapachtis, b. 2491 BC in Shulon, East of Eden. d. 1846 BC in Ararat, Armenia
- Neginothi bint Arphaxad, b. 2300 BC in Salem, Canaan
- Kessed ben Arphaxad d'Ugarit, b. ABT 2350 BC in Chaldeas d. 1878 BC in Canaan
- Selah Ben Arphaxad, b. in Jerusalem, Judah, Judea, Israel d. 1874 BC in Jerusalem, Judah, Judea, Israel
Sources:
- Title: Some Fabulous Pedigrees King Arphaxad ben Shem of Arapachtis
Author: “King Arphaxad Ben Shem of Arapachtis.” King Arphaxad Ben Shem of Arapachtis b. 2342 B.C Jerusalem d. 1904 B.C Jerusalem, Canaan: Some Fabulous Pedigrees, http://penrose.org/getperson.php?personID=I106748&tree=penrose.
Publication: Name: http://penrose.org/getperson.php?personID=I106748&tree=penrose;
Note: pedigree
Page: pedigree
- Title: Cainan ben Arphaxad
Author: https://fabpedigree.com/s024/f550830.htm
Publication: Name: https://fabpedigree.com/s024/f550830.htm;
Note: Names and other data.
Page: To support my viewpoint.
- Title: Arphaxad (King) of ARRAPACHTIS
Author: https://fabpedigree.com/s048/f101660.htm
Publication: Name: https://fabpedigree.com/s048/f101660.htm;
Note: Pedigree Chart for Arphaxad (King) of ARRAPACHTIS
- Title: BOBLIA
Publication: Name: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=G%C3%A9nesis+11%3A12-13&version=NVI;
- Title: BIBLIA
Publication: Name: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=G%C3%A9nesis+11%3A10&version=NVI;
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: Inf. Taken from chart on The Royal Line by Archibald Bennett. Present; Time and Prophesy by James H. Anderson. Ancestral Roots of Sixty New; England Colonists by Frederick Lewis Weis Th.D. & Research by OraDixon
- Title: Jasher 7:15-16
Author: J.H. Parry & Company. (1887). The Book of Jasher. (Originally translated in 1840 from the Original Hebrew into English).
Publication: Name: https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-of-Jasher.pdf;
Note: 15. And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram, five sons; and the sons of Elam were Shushan, Machul and Harmon.
16. And the sons of Ashar were Mirus and Mokil, and the sons of Arpachshad were Shelach, Anar and Ashcol.
Page: vs. 15 Arpachshad is the son of Shem. vs. 16 Arpachshad had 3 sons: Shelach, Anar and Ashcol.
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