Genesis 10:22-23

22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.^[a]

Genesis 10:22-23 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

• 1. Genesis 14:1; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 25:25; Jeremiah 49:34; Ezekiel 32:24; Daniel 8:2
• 2. Numbers 24:22,24; Ezekiel 27:23
• 3. Luke 3:36
• 4. Judges 3:10; 1 Kings 11:25; 1 Kings 19:15; 1 Kings 20:34; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 8:7
• 5. Genesis 22:21; Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21

Footnotes

• [a]. See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew "Mash" .