Genesis 10
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Genesis 10:21-32

21And sons were also bornH3205H1571 to ShemH8035, the olderH1419 brotherH251 of JaphethH3315;1 Shem was the forefatherH1 of allH3605 the sonsH1121 of EberH5677.

22The sonsH1121 of ShemH8035:

ElamH5867, AsshurH804, ArphaxadH775, LudH3865, and AramH758.

23The sonsH1121 of AramH758:

UzH5780, HulH2343, GetherH1666, and MashH4851.2

24ArphaxadH775 was the father ofH3205 ShelahH7974,3 and ShelahH7974 was the father ofH3205 EberH5677.

25TwoH8147 sonsH1121 were bornH3205 to EberH5677: OneH259 was namedH8034 PelegH6389,4 becauseH3588 in his daysH3117 the earthH776 was dividedH6385, and his brotherH251 was namedH8034 JoktanH3355.

26And JoktanH3355 was the father ofH3205 AlmodadH486, ShelephH8026, HazarmavethH2700, JerahH3392, 27HadoramH1913, UzalH187, DiklahH1853, 28ObalH5745, AbimaelH39, ShebaH7614, 29OphirH211, HavilahH2341, and JobabH3103. AllH3605 theseH428 were sonsH1121 of JoktanH3355. 30Their territoryH4186 extended fromH935 MeshaH4852 to SepharH5611, in the easternH6924 hill countryH2022.

31TheseH428 are the sonsH1121 of ShemH8035, according to their clansH4940, languagesH3956, landsH776, and nationsH1471.

32All theseH428 are the clansH4940 of Noah’sH5146 sonsH1121, according to their generationsH8435 and nationsH1471. From theseH428 the nationsH1471 of the earthH776 spread outH6504 afterH310 the floodH3999.

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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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