Holy Scripture
Genesis 11:10
A church father on this verse
“It is necessary, therefore, to preserve the series of generations descending from Shem, for the sake of exhibiting the city of God after the flood. As before the flood it was exhibited in the series of generations descending from Seth, now it is descending from Shem. And therefore does divine Scripture, after exhibiti…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
10And these are the generations of Shem: and Shem was a hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, the second year after the flood.
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In context
8And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.
9On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
— Genesis 11:10 —
11And Shem lived, after he had begotten Arpachshad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died.
12And Arpachshad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan.