Genèse 10:22

La Bible du Semeur

²²Les descendants de Sem furent : Elam, Assour, Arpakshad, Loud et Aram^[a].

10.22 Elam: les Elamites, à l’est de la Mésopotamie, autour de Suse. Assour: ancien nom de l’Assyrie, au nord de la Mésopotamie. Arpakshad: voir 11.10-13 ; peut-être une désignation hébraïque de la Chaldée, au sud de la Mésopotamie. Loud: soit les Lydiens (en Asie Mineure), soit une région voisine de l’Egypte. Aram: les Araméens ou Syriens.

Genesis 10:22

English Standard Version

²²The ^(A)sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²²The sons of Shem were Elam,^[a] Asshur,^[b] Arphaxad,^[c] Lud,^[d] and Aram.^[e]

Genesis 10:22 sn The Hebrew name Elam (עֵילָם, ʿelam) means “highland.” The Elamites were a non-Semitic people who lived east of Babylon.
Genesis 10:22 sn Asshur is the name for the Assyrians. Asshur was the region in which Nimrod expanded his power (see v. 11, where the name is also mentioned). When names appear in both sections of a genealogical list, it probably means that there were both Hamites and Shemites living in that region in antiquity, especially if the name is a place name.
Genesis 10:22 sn The descendants of Arphaxad may have lived northeast of Nineveh.
Genesis 10:22 sn Lud may have been the ancestor of the Ludbu, who lived near the Tigris River.
Genesis 10:22 sn Aram became the collective name of the northern tribes living in the steppes of Mesopotamia and speaking Aramaic dialects.

La Bible du Semeur (BDS)

English Standard Version (ESV)

New English Translation (NET)