Arpachshad

Arpachshad
Arpachshad, Son of Shem
Born2094 BC
Ur, Sumer
(present-day Southern Iraq)
Died1656 BC (aged 438)
ChildrenSelah, and other sons and daughters
ParentShem

ArpachshadArabic: أرفخشذ – ʾArpaḵšaḏ; Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד – ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa אַרְפַּכְשָׁד‎ – ʾArpaḵšāḏ; Greek: ἈρφαξάδArphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian men in the Shem–Terah genealogy. The name is recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament of Christian Bible) and subsequently copied in different biblical books, including the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.