Genesis 11:13

13 After Arphaxad had Shelah, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 11:13

And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and
three years
In all four hundred and thirty eight; the Vulgate Latin wrongly reads, three hundred and three:

and begat sons and daughters;
not mentioned by name: he died, as the above Arabic writer F26 says, in the month Nisan, A. M. 2696; and a Jewish writer F1 says he died in the forty eighth year of Isaac, and who also says F2, that in his days they began to build the city of Babel.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Apud Ibid. p. 260.
F1 R. Gedaliah, ut supra. (Shalshalet, fol. 1. 2.)
F2 Ib. fol. 75. 1.

Genesis 11:13 In-Context

11 After he had Arphaxad, he lived 600 more years and had other sons and daughters.
12 When Arphaxad was thirty-five years old, he had Shelah.
13 After Arphaxad had Shelah, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
14 When Shelah was thirty years old, he had Eber.
15 After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
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