Arpachshad
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Arpachshad (Hebrew: ארפכשד, ʾArpakshad; Greek: Ἀρφαξάδ, Arphaxad; Arabic: أرفخشذ, Ārfakhshad; "healer, releaser") (Tammuz 1658 AMJuly 2345 BC
Tammuz 1415 He
Tammuz 1658 AM-Tammuz 2096 AMJuly 1907 BC
Av 1853 He
Tammuz 2096 AM) or Arphaxad was the third son of Shem and the immediate progenitor of the Chaldeans, as well as an ancestor of Abraham. He had four known brothers, named Aram, Asshur, Elam, and Lud.
He was born in 1658 AM, two years after the global flood[1] and lived for 35 years, having had a son named Salah. However in the Septuagint, his son is identified as Cainan (קינן), while Shelah is identified as Arpachshad's grandson. Cainan is also listed as Arpachshad's son in the Gospel of Luke 3:36 and the Book of Jubilees 8:1. He died 403 years later. His total lifespan was therefore 438 years5,417.304 mon
159,976.171 da, less than half that of his grandfather Noah—an indication of the radical changes that the Global Flood wrought upon the earth.
Another Arpachshad, spoken of in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith[2], is referred as being the "king of the Medes" contemporary with Nebuchadnezzar II, but this is thought to be a corruption of either Phraortes (Fravartiš) or Cyaxares (Hvakhshathra), the names of two historic Persian kings from that era.
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