Genesis 10:21-32
Legacy Standard Bible
21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the [a]older brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 (A)The sons of Shem were (B)Elam and Asshur and (C)Arpachshad and (D)Lud and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were (E)Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. 24 Arpachshad [b]was the father of (F)Shelah; and Shelah [c]was the father of Eber. 25 (G)Now two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was [d]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan [e]was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 28 and [f]Obal and Abimael and Sheba 29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Now their [g]settlement [h]extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations; and (H)out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.
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- Genesis 10:21 Or the brother of Japheth the elder
- Genesis 10:24 Lit begot
- Genesis 10:24 Lit begot
- Genesis 10:25 Lit division
- Genesis 10:26 Lit begot
- Genesis 10:28 In 1 Chr 1:22, Ebal
- Genesis 10:30 Lit dwelling
- Genesis 10:30 Lit was
Genesis 10:21-32
New Living Translation
Descendants of Shem
21 Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth.[a] Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,[b] and Shelah was the father of Eber.
25 Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.
26 Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan. 30 The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.
31 These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
Conclusion
32 These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
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