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Selah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח, romanized: Šélaḥ), SalahorSala (Greek: Σαλά – Salá) or Shelah is an ancestor of the Israelites and Ishmaelites according to the Table of NationsinGenesis 10. He is thus one of the table's "seventy names". He is also mentioned in Genesis 11:12–15, 1 Chronicles 1:18–24, and Luke 3:35–36.
Selah
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Portrait from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
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| Born | 1691 AM |
| Died | 2124 AM (aged 433) |
| Children | Eber, and other sons and daughters |
| Parent | Arpachshad (orCainan) |
In the ancestral line from NoahtoAbraham, he is the son of Arpachshad (in the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch[1][full citation needed]) 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 (עבר, עָבַר), "to cross over".[2][3][4]
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),[5] 460 (Septuagint),[6] and 460 (Samaritan).[7]
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.[8]