Genesis 10:21-32

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The Semites^(A)

²¹Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was^[a] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.^(B)

²²The sons of Shem:

Elam,^(C) Ashur,^(D) Arphaxad,^(E) Lud and Aram.^(F)

²³The sons of Aram:

Uz,^(G) Hul, Gether and Meshek.^[b]

²⁴Arphaxad was the father of^[c] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.^(H)

²⁵Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,^[d] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

²⁶Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷Hadoram, Uzal,^(I) Diklah, ²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba,^(J) ²⁹Ophir,^(K) Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

³⁰The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³¹These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

³²These are the clans of Noah’s sons,^(L) according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth^(M) after the flood.

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Footnotes

Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.