and Shem lived 500 years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he became the father of other 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 sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was 100 years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;
And Arpachshad lived 35 years and became the father of Shelah;
“As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Swarm on the earth and multiply in it.”
¶That our sons would be as grown-up plants in their youth, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;