Who was Arphaxad?

Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36).

Arphaxad first appears in Genesis 10:22. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 10 verse mentions across 3 books, most notably Genesis, 1 Chronicles, Luke.