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4 articles found for “Samlah”

• Eber

  Eber is a descendant of Noah who appears in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. He is the son of Salah and the father of Peleg and Joktan. His name is commonly associated with the origin of the word "Hebrew."

• Salmon

  Salmon is an Old Testament figure of the tribe of Judah, the son of Nahshon and the father of Boaz. His name appears in the genealogies of Ruth and 1 Chronicles and in the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke.

• Shelah (Biblical Figure)

  Shelah is a descendant of Shem who appears in the genealogies of Genesis. He was the son of Arphaxad and the father of Eber, and he forms one link in the line running from Noah to Abraham.

• Arphaxad

  Arphaxad was the son of Shem, the son of Noah. In the genealogies of Genesis he is one link in the line running from Shem to Abraham, and his name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.