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Selah (biblical figure)

Ancestor of Abraham according to Genesis in Hebrew Bible

Field	Value
name	Selah
image	Salah-son of Arphaxad.jpg
image_size	230px
caption	Portrait from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
birth_date	2419 BC
death_date	1986 BC (aged 433)
parents	Arpachshad (or Cainan)
children	Eber, and other sons and daughters

Selah (), Salah or Sala ( – Salá) or Shelah was an ancestor of the Israelites and Ishmaelites according to the Table of Nations in . He is thus one of the table's "seventy names". He is also mentioned in , , and Luke 3:35–36.

In the ancestral line from Noah to Abraham, he is the son of Arpachshad (in the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch) or Cainan (in the Septuagint) and the father of Eber. The name Eber for his son is the original eponym of the Hebrew people, from the root ‘abar (, ), "to cross over".

The Gospel of Luke and Book of Jubilees both agree with the Septuagint in making Selah the son of Cainan, adding the information that his mother was Milcah (the daughter of Madai), while his wife is named as Mu'ak, daughter of Kesed (another son of Arphachsad).

The death age of Selah is given as 433 (Masoretic), 460 (Septuagint), and 460 (Samaritan).

Henry M. Morris states that Arpachshad, Selah, and Eber are listed as the most important sons since they were in the line of the promised Seed of the Woman.

In Islam

In Islam, Selah is sometimes identified as the islamic prophet Salih. Some scholars and researchers have suggested a possible connection between Salih, the Islamic prophet, and Selah, a figure or term mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. This hypothesis is based primarily on the similarity of their names and the tradition of prophets being shared across Abrahamic religions.

References

[https://sites.google.com/site/interlinearpentateuch/genesis-bereshit/chapter-10-16-32 Interlinar Pentateuch]
Benyamim Tsedaka, ''The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah: First English Translation Compared with the Masoretic Version'', Bereshith 11 ({{ISBN. 0802865194)
Mark Shoulson, ''The Torah: Jewish and Samaritan versions compared'' (Hebrew ed.), בראשית 11 ({{ISBN. 1904808182)
For differences in genealogy between the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Septuagint, see {{format link. Genealogies of Genesis#Genesis chrono-genealogy.
The Koren Jerusalem Bible: The Hebrew/English Tanakh, בראשית 11, Koren Publishers ({{ISBN. 9653010557)
The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English, Genesis 11, by Sir Lancelot C.L. Brenton
The Israelite Samaritan Version of the Torah: First English Translation Compared with the Masoretic Version, Bereshith 11, by Benyamim Tsedaka ({{ISBN. 0802865194)
Morris, Henry M.. (1976). "The Genesis Record: A Scientific and Devotional Commentary on the Book of Beginnings". [[Baker Book House]].

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