Genesis 10:18

Genesis 10:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
• New International Version (NIV)Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
• English Standard Version (ESV)the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.

Context of Genesis 10:18

16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. After some time had passed, the Canaanite families separated to different places. 19The land of Canaan went from Sidon to Gerar, as far as Gaza. It went to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20These are all descendants of Ham. They lived in groups in their own parts of the land. Each group spoke their own language.

Genesis 10:18 word by word

וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְוָדִ֥י וְאֶת־הַצְּמָרִ֖י וְאֶת־הַֽחֲמָתִ֑י וְאַחַ֣ר נָפֹ֔צוּ מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Arvaditeאַרְוָדִי'arvâdîy · ArvaditeH721
• and the Zemariteצְמָרִיtsemârîy · ZemariteH6786
• and the Hamathiteחֲמָתִיchămâthîy · HamathiteH2577
• and afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• were the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of the Canaanitesכְּנַעֲנִיkena‛anîy · CanaaniteH3669
• spread abroadפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327

Cross-references for Genesis 10:18

• Ezekiel 27:8Men from Sidon and Arvad used the oars to move the ship. Your own clever men from Tyre were your sailors.
• Joshua 18:22Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
• 2 Chronicles 13:4Abijah went to stand on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim. He shouted, ‘Listen to me, Jeroboam and all you Israelites!
• Numbers 34:8From Hor mountain the border will go to Lebo-Hamath. Then it will go to Zedad.
• 2 Samuel 8:9Toi, the king of Hamath, heard news that David had won the battle against the whole army of Hadadezer.
• 2 Kings 17:24The king of Assyria brought foreign people to live in the towns of Samaria. They came from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim. They lived in places in Samaria where the Israelites had lived. They took Samaria for themselves and they lived in its towns.
• Isaiah 10:9We destroyed Calno as we destroyed Carchemish. We destroyed Hamath as well as Arpad. We destroyed Samaria as well as Damascus.
• Ezekiel 47:16From there, it continues through Berothah and Sibraim. Those towns are on the border between Damascus and Hamath. Then it goes as far as Hazer-Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran.
• Zechariah 9:2The Lord speaks against the country called Hamath. (It is next to the country called Hadrach.) The people in Tyre and Sidon cities are very wise. But the Lord also speaks against them.

Commentaries on Genesis 10:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-20Verses 6-20 - XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m “perhaps double Egypt, lower and upper.” פוּט pûṭ “Put, troubled.” 7. סבא sebā' “Seba, drinking (man, Ethiopian).” סבתה sabtâh “Sabtah.” רעמה ra‛mâh “Ramah, shaking, trembling.” סבתכא sabtekā' “Sabtekha.” שׁבא shēbā' “Sheba, captive?” דדן dedān “Dedan, going slowly?” 8. נמרד…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-32Verses 15-32 The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a curse to the soul, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18Sidon settled in Phoenicia, north of Canaan. the Hittites: In Genesis, these were a group of cities in Canaan (see 26:34–35; 27:46; Ezekiel 16:3). They were probably different from the Hittites of Anatolia (Asia Minor). Their empire was a major power in the time of the biblical patriarchs. The Jebusites were ancient people living in Jerusalem (Joshua 15:63; Judges 19:10–11; 2 Samuel 5:6–9). The Amorites lived in the mountains of Palestine in Canaan (see…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. sons of Noah--The historian has not arranged this catalogue according to seniority of birth; for the account begins with the descendants of Japheth, and the line of Ham is given before that of Shem though he is expressly said to be the youngest or younger son of Noah; and Shem was the elder brother of Japheth (Ge 10:21), the true rendering of that passage. generations, &c.--the narrative of the settlement of nations existing in the time of Moses…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 10:18

• Arvadites
• Canaanites
• Ham
• Hamath
• Phenicia
• Zemarites

In the dictionaries

• Arabia
• Canaanites
• Dodanim
• Ham
• Heth
• Japheth
• Mighty
• Noah
• Zemarite
• Adam in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Genesis 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings