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Arphaxad

Arphaxad was born in 1658. Arphaxad's father was Shem . His paternal grandparents were Noah and Coba . He had four brothers named Elam, Asshur, Lud and Aram. He died at the age of 438 in 2096.

General Notes
- He was the progenitor of the Chaldeans, his name, apparently, corresponding to that of arp-keshed, the border marches of Chaldea. That he was indeed the forebear of the Chaldeans is confirmed by the Hurrian (Nuzi) tablets, which render the name as Arip-hurra--the founder of Chaldea. The name was also known to the Akkadians as Arraphu. Some scholars have endeavoured to treat his name as a derivative of the Assyrian phrase arba-kishshatu, meaning the four corners of the world. The Assyrians knew his descendants as the Kaldu, who were adept astrologers, magicians and mathematicians. Ptolemy recorded the name of their land as Arrapichitis, whilst it was known to others as Arphaxitis. Their very earliest settlement, however, would appear to be what is today a 2.5 acre ruin that still bears the name Arpachiya. It lies some four miles to the east of ancient Nineveh, and is the remains of a very early farming community.
  (Refs: IDB 1:23 1. NBD 86. JA 1.vi.3. P1:28)

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Enoch  ^*
  - b.  0622 d.  1052
  
  Methuselah
  - b.  0687 d.  1656
  
  Lamech
  - b.  0874 d.  1651
  
  Noah
  - b.  1056 d.  2006
  
  Shem
  - b.  1548 d.  2158
  
  Coba
  
  Arphaxad
  - b.  1658 d.  2096
  
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Arphaxad

Ancestor Pedigree Chart