Genesis 10:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 These are the descendants of Ham, according to their clans, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
21 To Shem also, Japheth’s oldest brother and the ancestor of all the children of Eber,[a] children were born. 22 (A)The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.
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- 10:21 Eber: the eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, that is, the one to whom they traced their name.
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