Genesis 10:16-26

16 and 1the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
17 and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite
18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
19 2The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward 3Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
22 4The sons of Shem were 5Elam and Asshur and 6Arpachshad and 7Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were 8Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 Arpachshad became the father of 9Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 10Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

Genesis 10:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Ge 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Ge 10:2-5 of the posterity of Ham, Ge 10:6-20 and of the posterity of Shem, Ge 10:21-32.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Genesis 15:19-21
  • 2. Numbers 34:2-12
  • 3. Genesis 14:2, 3
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 1:17
  • 5. Genesis 14:1, 9
  • 6. Genesis 11:10
  • 7. Isaiah 66:19
  • 8. Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20
  • 9. Genesis 11:12; Luke 3:35
  • 10. 1 Chronicles 1:19

Footnotes 6

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