Genesis 10
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Genesis 10:21-25

21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth;1 Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

22The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

23The sons of Aram:

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.2

24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,3 and Shelah was the father of Eber.

25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,4 because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, whose older brother was Japheth ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 10:23 Hebrew; LXX and 1 Chronicles 1:17 Meshech ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; LXX (see also Luke 3:35–36) And Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of Shelah, ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division. ↩

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