Genesis 10:22-25

22 1The sons of Shem were 2Elam and Asshur and 3Arpachshad and 4Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were 5Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 Arpachshad became the father of 6Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 7Two 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.

Genesis 10:22-25 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 7

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

Footnotes 3

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