“This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 11 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.