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**Arpachshad** son of Shem was born in year 1658, 100 years of Shem's life, and he lived 438 years [(the second generation after the Flood)]. From him came forth the Chaldeans. In his days they began to build the city of Babylon, the metropolis of this nation [(Seder HaDorot 62)]: