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Who was Sala?

Luke: “Sala, which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad” ([iii, 35, 36]).

“And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah” ([Genesis xi, 12]).

According to Luke Sala was the grand-son of Arphaxad; according to Genesis he was the son of Arphaxad.