Arphaxad
    son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age
    of 438 years (Gen. 11:10-13; 1 Chr. 1:17, 18; Luke 3:36). He
    dwelt in Mesopotamia, and became, according to the Jewish
    historian Josephus, the progenitor of the Chaldeans. The
    tendency is to recognize in the word the name of the country
    nearest the ancient domain of the Chaldeans. Some regard the
    word as an Egypticized form of the territorial name of Ur
    Kasdim, or Ur of the Chaldees.



 Arphaxad, a healer; a releaser