Arpachshad

Arpachshad
Arpachshad, Son of Shem
Born	2094 BC Ur, Sumer (present-day Southern Iraq)
Died	1656 BC (aged 438)
Children	Selah, and other sons and daughters
Parent	Shem

Arpachshad (Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַׁד – ʾArpaḵšaḏ, in pausa אַרְפַּכְשָׁד‎ – ʾArpaḵšāḏ; Greek: Ἀρφαξάδ – Arphaxád), alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian men in the Shem–Terah genealogy. The name is recorded in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament of Christian Bible) and subsequently copied in different biblical books, including the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.