God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Genesis 11:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and Shem lived after the birth of Arpachshad five hundred years and had other sons and daughters. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Shem lived after Arpachshad was born 500 years and had other sons and daughters. American Standard Version (1901) and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. Common English Bible After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 years; he had other sons and daughters. Catholic Public Domain Version And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years; and begot sons and daughters. |
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood,
When Arpachshad had lived thirty-five years, he became the father of Shelah,
“And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and have dominion over it.”
May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars, cut for the building of a palace.