Arpachshad, alternatively spelled
Arphaxad or
Arphacsad (
ISO 259-3 ʔarpakšad; ), was one of the five sons of
Shem, the eldest son of
Noah (
Genesis 10:22, 24; 11:10-13;
1 Chron. 1:17-18). Arpachshad's brothers were
Elam,
Asshur,
Lud and
Aram; he is an ancestor of
Abraham. He is said by Gen. 11:10 to have been born two years after the Flood, when Shem was 100.