# General Information:

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

# These were the descendants of [Shem](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shem)

This sentence begins the list of [Shem](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/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]])