Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 24. Begot Sale; either his son, or his grandson, by Cainan. See Luke 3:36 where we shall examine this question; also Calmet. 11:12. The copies of the Septuagint now extant, all assert that Cainan was the son of Arphaxad, in all the places where they are mentioned, both in Gen. and Chronicles; and though some endeavour to prove that this is an interpolation, inserted by a later hand, it is certain it was found in the Septuagint in the days of Saint Luke, who confirms it by his authority, as all the copies both Greek and Latin, except a very faulty one which belonged to Beza, and is now at Cambridge, testify. Beza was so bold as to expunge the name. But before we allow of this freedom, we must be informed how Saint Luke could adopt such an error, being, as he was, under the guidance of the Holy Ghost! See Salien, and so forth Bible.—Mariana asserts, that the Hebrew copies have been vitiated.