| Geneva Study Bible And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat {e} Eber. (e) Of him came the Hebrews who were later called Israelites of Israel, who was Jacob and Jews of Judah because of the excellency of that tribe. Wesley's Notes 1:18 Begat - Either immediately, or mediately by his son Cainan, who is expressed, Luke 3:35. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 18. Arphaxad begat Shelah-Cainan, the father's name, is omitted here. (See Lu 3:36). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 1:1-27 This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God created, and is thereby distinguished from the obscure, fabulous, and absurd origins assigned to other nations. But the nations now are all so mingled with one another, that no one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of one nation, nor the greatest part of any, is descended entirely from any of these fountains. Only this we are sure of, that God has created of one blood all nations of men; they are all descended from one Adam, one Noah. Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Mal 2:10. | 
