Editing Shem (section)

===Genesis 11===
Genesis 11:10 records that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of [[Arphaxad]], two years after the [[Biblical flood|flood]]; and that he lived for another 500 years after this, making his age at death 600 years.

Excerpts from Genesis 11:10–27—(''Jewish Publication Society'' translation of 1917):
:'Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. ... Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah. ''13'' And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah ... Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. ... Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg. ... Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. ... Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug. '... Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. ... Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah. ... Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ... and Haran begot Lot.{{cn|date=May 2025}}