Genesis 10:22-32

22 The sons of Shem were'Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were 'Utz, Hul, Geter and Mash.
24 Arpakhshad fathered Shelach, and Shelach fathered 'Ever.
25 To 'Ever were born two sons. One was given the name Peleg [division], because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.
26 Yoktan fathered Almodad, Shelef, Hatzar-Mavet, Yerach,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 'Oval, Avima'el, Sheva,
29 Ofir, Havilah and Yovav - all these were the sons of Yoktan.
30 Their territory stretched from Mesha, as you go toward S'far, to the mountain in the east.
31 These were the descendants of Shem, according to their families and languages, in their lands and in their nations.
32 These were the families of the sons of Noach, according to their generations, in their nations. From these the nations of the earth were divided up after the flood.

Genesis 10:22-32 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.

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