Genesis 10

Genesis 10:1

This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

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Genesis 10:2

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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Genesis 10:3

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

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Genesis 10:4

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

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Dodanim or , Rodanim

Genesis 10:5

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

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Genesis 10:6

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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Ham Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly significant of the regions allotted to his family. To the Cushites , or descendants of Cush , were allotted the hot southern regions of Asia , along the shores of the Persian Gulf , Susiana or Chusistan , etc.; to the sons of Canaan , Palestine and Syria; to the sons of Mizraim , Egypt and Libya , in Africa.

Genesis 10:7

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Genesis 10:8

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

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Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."

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Genesis 10:10

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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Genesis 10:11

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

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Genesis 10:12

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

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Genesis 10:13

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

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Genesis 10:14

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

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Genesis 10:15

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

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Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

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Genesis 10:17

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

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Genesis 10:18

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

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Genesis 10:19

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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Genesis 10:20

These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

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Genesis 10:21

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

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Shem Shem signifies name or renown; and his , indeed , was great both in a temporal and spiritual sense , inasmuch as he was destined to be the lineal ancestor of the promised Seed of the woman , to which Noah might allude in his pious ejaculation , Genesis 9 . 26.

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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Arphaxad Heb. Arpachshad

Genesis 10:23

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

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Genesis 10:24

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

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Genesis 10:25

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

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Peleg i.e. division

Genesis 10:26

And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

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Genesis 10:27

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

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Genesis 10:28

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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Genesis 10:29

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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Genesis 10:30

Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

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Genesis 10:31

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

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Genesis 10:32

All these are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

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and by Any man who can barely read his Bible , and has but heard of such people as the Assyrians , Elamites , Lydians , Medes , Ionians , and Thracians , will readily acknowledge that Asshur , Elam , Lud , Madai , Javan , and Tiras , grandsons of Noah , were their respective founders.