Person
Arphaxad (Arpachshad)
Also: Arpachshad, Arphaxad
Son of Shem, born two years after the Flood (Gen 11:10); ancestor of Eber and Abraham.
Sort year2346 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World
Tier 4: Ussher, Annals (1658): 2346 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Masoretic text: born AM 1658 (when his father was the age given in Gen 11), lived 438 years, died AM 2096. No CFAH paper dates this person; the sort year falls to Ussher.
Scripture
Family
- Father
- Shem
- Children
- Salah (Shelah)
Scripture facts
- Age at son's birth
- 35 (Salah (Shelah))
- Lifespan
- 438 years
Birth
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | 1658 AM Precision: year |
AM 1658 | Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 ("Arphaxad born when Shem was 100 ... 1658") (opens in a new tab) AM only; no BC printed. |
| Ussher | 1658d AM, 2346 BC Precision: year |
2346 BC AM 1658 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §44 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year |
| Jordan secondary | 1658 - Arpachshad born to Shem, 2 years after Flood (Gen. 11:10). Precision: year |
AM 1658 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab) Also BC 2:5 "The Arphaxad Connection": "It is clear that Arphaxad was born two years after the Flood Year, in AM 1658." |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 1658 AM Precision: year |
AM 1658 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1658. |
| MT-Gen | AM 1658 Precision: year |
AM 1658 | Gen 11:10–26 (Arphaxad AM 1658 = Shem's 100th year, two years after the Flood of AM 1656; each later birth adds the father's age at the named son) (opens in a new tab) |
| Josephus (Whiston translation) | "Arphaxad was the son of Shem, and born twelve years after the deluge." Precision: unknown |
— | Josephus, Antiquities I.6.5 (Whiston) (opens in a new tab) Josephus counts 12 years after the Flood; Gen 11:10 says two years. |
Death
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002). Leave empty until verified. |
| Ussher | 2096d AM, 1908 BC Precision: year |
1908 BC AM 2096 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §80 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) |
| Jordan secondary | "Abram was 86 when Arpachshad died, and Ishmael was 2 years old." Precision: year |
— | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §8 "The Chronology of Genesis 11" (year list) (opens in a new tab) Stated relative to Abraham; Jordan prints no AM figure for this death. |
| Jordan (compilation) secondary | 2093 AM Arphaxad dies @ 435 yrs old Precision: year |
AM 2093 | Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Arithmetic slip in the compilation: Gen 11:12-13 gives 35 + 403 = 438 years, so AM 2096 (also Jordan BC 6:6 §11 "2096 - Arpachshad ben Shem dies"). The chart prints "+ 400 yrs. after Salah’s birth" and 435. |
| MT-Gen | AM 2096 Precision: year |
AM 2096 | 1658 + 438 = 2096 (lifespan from Gen 11:10–11:13) (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 2093 (Jordan (compilation)); AM 2096 (MT-Gen, Ussher).
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Gen.10.22 ; Gen.10.24 ; Gen.11.10-Gen.11.13 ; 1Chr.1.17-1Chr.1.18 ; Luke.3.36 public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §8 year list free-to-read
- The Antiquities of the Jews (opens in a new tab) — Book I, ch. 6, §5 public-domain
- Chronology of the Old Testament: A Return to the Basics (15th ed.) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- The Arphaxad Connection (Biblical Chronology 2:5, 1990) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
- Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (A.M. chronology charts and A.M./B.C. table) (opens in a new tab) private-copy
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.