# General Information:

The rest of this chapter lists the line of Shem's descendants down to Abram.

# These were the descendants of Shem

This sentence begins the list of Shem's descendants.

# flood

This is the flood from Noah's time when people had become so evil that God sent a worldwide flood to cover the earth.

# became the father of Arphaxad

"had his son Arphaxad" or "his son Arphaxad was born"

# Arphaxad

a man's name (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# a hundred ... two ... five hundred

Translators may write the words or the numerals "100," "2," and "500." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])