And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
Arphaxad begat Salah - Shelah (1 Chronicles 1:18) [Hebrew, shelach (H7974)], a shoot, implying that this branch of the family perhaps extended beyond the original settlement in Assyria. (See the note at Genesis 11:12.)
Salah begat Eber, [Hebrew, `Eeber (H5677) - a name quite different from Cheebeer] (Genesis 46:17; Judges 4:11; Judges 4:17; Judges 5:24). But this distinction has been overlooked by the translators of the New Testament (Luke 3:35). There is no special distinction attached to Eber. He is only a link in the genealogical chain. The Hebrews never rested on him as their progenitor; and, on the contrary, he is mentioned as the common ancestor of that people and the Arabians.