And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
We have here a genealogy, not an endless genealogy, for here it ends in Abram, the friend of God, and leads further to Christ, the promised seed, who was the son of Abram, and from Abram the genealogy of Christ is reckoned (Mat 1:1, etc.); so that put ch. 5, ch. 11, and Mt.
Commenting on Genesis 11:10-26
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. He had a son born to him five years sooner than his father had; of Eber; see Gill on Gen 10:25. . Genesis 11:15 gen 11:15 gen 11:15 gen 11:15And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years,....
Gen 11:10-26 After describing the division of the one family which sprang from the three sons of Noah, into many nations scattered over the earth and speaking different languages, the narrative returns to Shem, and traces his descendants in a direct line to Terah the father of Abraham.
Commenting on Genesis 11:10-26