Genesis 11:11

New International Version

And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Genesis 11:10

This is the account of Shem’s family line. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

Genesis 11:12

When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.

Genesis 9:7

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Psalm 144:12

Then our sons in their youth will be like well-nurtured plants, and our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace.