Salah

Portrait of Salah

Salah (also spelled Shelah) was the son of Arphaxad, third generation after the Flood in the genealogy of Genesis 11. Nothing beyond his lineage is recorded of him: he fathered Eber at 30 and lived 403 years afterward.

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Biography

Father
Arphaxad
Era
Primeval / Patriarchal

Family

Parents
Arphaxad
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Salah
Old Testament Genesis Genealogy

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Salah's name may relate to a Hebrew root meaning 'sprout' or 'shoot,' fitting his place as one branch in the unfolding post-Flood family tree.

Key Chapters

Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel 4 min read Salah's entire recorded legacy, like several names in this chapter, is an age an...

Key Passages

The Generations of Salah

Genesis 11:12-15

Salah's entire recorded legacy, like several names in this chapter, is an age and a son.

A12nd Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: 15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

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