“This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.”
Genesis 11:10
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What is a toledoth?
"This is the account of" translates toledoth (H8435), from yalad (H3205), to bear or bring forth. Genesis is built as a chain of these records: the account of the heavens and the earth, of Adam, of Noah, and now of Shem. Each one hands the story on to the next keeper of God's promise.
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