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15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.[a]

The Descendants of Shem

17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
        The sons of Aram[b] were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:16 The groups of people in this section are not marked by the ethnic ending -im but by -i, translated here as -ites.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:17 The Hebrew does not have the words sons of Aram. The translation follows the parallel in Genesis 10:23.
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:17 Variant Mash or Massa

15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

The Semites(A)

17 The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:[a]

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:17 One Hebrew manuscript and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Gen. 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts do not have this line.