Shem lived another 500 years after Arphaxad was born and had other sons and daughters.
God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the earth.”
The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.
When Arphaxad was 35, he had Shelah.
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
Then our sons will grow up like plants in their youth and become mature, and our daughters will be like beautiful pillars carved to support a palace.