Genesis 11:10
“These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:”
KJV
Read in Genesis 11Meaning
The genealogy starts its chronological formula with Shem, Arphaxad, and the marker of two years after the flood.
Read carefully
Biblical genealogies have literary and theological functions as well as chronological data; conclusions about complete world chronology require broader textual analysis.
Reflection
After the broad story of nations, Genesis follows one family line through ordinary generations toward the next stage of the covenant story.