By registering for an account, you agree to Faithlife’s, The most advanced Bible dictionary as a part of, However, according to our historical sources, no Persian or Median king by the name of Arphaxad ever existed. Arphaxad is one of the sons of Shem and grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:22 KJV).

However Helen Jacobus has argued that the omission from the Masoretic text is deliberate.[1]. Besides the particulars already mentioned, it is said Cainan was the first after the flood who invented astronomy, and that his sons made a god of him, and worshiped his image after his death. Å¡aḏ — 5 Occ. "The Alexandrine Chronicle derives the Samaritans from Cainan;[3] Eustachius Antiochenus, the Saggodians; George Syncellus, the Gaspheni; Epiphanius the Cajani. There was an error while trying to create your account. He was born when Shem was a hundred years old or two years after the flood (Genesis 11:10 KJV). He is also stated to have married a daughter of Madai named Melka. He died at the age of 438 years (Genesis 11:10-13; 1 Chronicles 1:17-18; Luke 3:36). In The Patriarchal Age: or, the History and Religion of Mankind (1854), George Smith writes:[2]. It is remarkable that, notwithstanding the omission of the name of Cainan from the Hebrew text, and the consequent general rejection of him by historians, there are more traditions preserved of him than of his son Salah. – Anc. Arphaxad: biblical figure, son of Shem & Noah’s Grandson. "article name needed". The Sefer ha-Yashar describes Cainan, the possessor of great astrological wisdom, which had been inscribed on tables of stone, as the son of Seth and not of Arpachshad; i.e., the antediluvian Kenan grandson of Seth according to the Bible. Despite his name being omitted from the Masoretic text, a substantial number of traditions about this other Cainan exist in the history of literature: According to the Book of Jubilees, Cainan was taught to read by his father, and he found, carved on the rocks by former generations, an inscription preserving the science of astrology as taught by the Watchers, who had rebelled from God before the deluge. Please try again soon. 1:17–18, 24). The postdiluvian Cainan does not appear in the (Proto-)Masoretic Text, the most common Hebrew version of Genesis, where Arpachshad is noted as the father of Salah. This article is about the post-diluvian patriarch. The founding of the city of Harran in Mesopotamia is also attributed to him; which, it is pretended, is so called from a son he had of that name." (1901–1906).

Univ. He is called Arphaxad in Luke 3:36.The name is probably geographic in origin, referring to a place in Mesopotamia, though the exact reference is Arphaxad, a king “who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana,”. Therefore, the character, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated), 2. For the ante-diluvian patriarch, see, texts from within a religion or faith system, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cainan&oldid=974387154, Articles lacking reliable references from February 2020, Articles needing more viewpoints from February 2020, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia with no article parameter, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 August 2020, at 18:26. אַרְמַּכְשַׁד proper name, masculine 3rd son of Shem ׳א Genesis 10:22,24; Genesis 11:12,13; 1 Chronicles 1:17,18,24; אַרְמַּכְשָׁ֑ד Genesis 11:10,11; doubtless a geographic name (derivation & meaning dubious, Thes derives from boundary (stem define, limit), compare also Ethiopic wall, + כשׁד = כֶּשֶׂד, i.e. Arpachshad or Arphaxad or Arphacsad (Hebrew: אַרְפַּכְשַדֿ / אַרְפַּכְשָדֿ, Arpakhshad ʾArpaḵšaḏ / ʾArpaḵšāḏ ʔarpakšad; Arabic: 'أرفخشذ', Ārfakhshad‎; "healer," "releaser") was one of the five sons of Shem, the son of Noah (Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13; 1 Chron.

Arpakshad: third son of Shem, also the region settled by him. Arpachshad or Arphaxad (Hebrew: ארפכשד, ʼArpaḵshāḏ; Greek: Ἀρφαξάδ, Arphaxād; Arabic: أرفخشذ, Ārfakhshad; "Name means::healer, releaser") (Born::Tammuz 1658 AM-Died::Tammuz 2096 AM) was the third son of son of::Shem (Genesis 10:22) and the immediate progenitor of Y-chromosomal Haplogroup K including the Chaldaeans, as well as an ancestor of Abraham (Genesis 11:12-26). Etymology of the name Arpachshad Provided this information, … He is described as a son of Arpachshad and father of Salah, who lived in the time between Noah and Abraham. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds.

The Jewish Encyclopedia. Early Christian writers Irenaeus and Eusebius of Caesarea believed his presence to be an error mainly on the basis of his omission from the (Proto-)Masoretic Text, and many subsequent interpreters followed this. Arpachshad (ahr-pak ´ shad), the son of Shem born after the flood, grandfather of Eber, in the line of Abraham (Gen. 10:22–24; 11:10–13; 1 Chron. Given this case, we can assume that Shem was born 2 years after Noah reached five hundred years old which was 2446 BC. He is also omitted from the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus. In Greek this name is spelled Αρφαξαδ ( Arphaxad ; Luke 3:36 ).

also known as: Arpachshad and Arphaxad. Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites. His brothers were Elam, Asshur, Lud and Aram; he is an ancestor of Abraham. Gn 11:10 When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad… although in the OP answer, the rest of the verse is quoted: Gen 11:10 ...Shem was 100 years old, and begat Arpachshad 2 years after the flood. Get your church set-up with online giving, sermon streaming, and more in under 24 hours. Cainan (from Hebrew: קֵינָן ‎ Qēnān) is mentioned in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Book of Genesis, the Book of Jubilees and the genealogy of Jesus given in Luke 3:36 in the New Testament.He is described as a son of Arpachshad and father of Salah, who lived in the time between Noah and Abraham.. T his is the name of the 3rd son of Shem, born 2 years after the Deluge (the worldwide flood). Hist., vol. Of course, that end phrase ("two years after the flood") solves one of the main problems: this is why Arpachshad is not mentioned among those who leave the Ark. 1:17-18). New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Call us at 888-634-2038.

His name appears 10 times in Scripture (in Genesis, 1 Chronicles and Luke). i, p. 96, note. Arpachshad is a son of Shem, who is a son of Noah (Genesis 10:22). Cainan (from Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Frank Ruehl CLM","Taamey Frank CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}קֵינָן‎ Qēnān) is mentioned in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Book of Genesis, the Book of Jubilees and the genealogy of Jesus given in Luke 3:36 in the New Testament.