1 Chronicles 1:17

17 Shem had Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

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1 Chronicles 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 1:17

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 1:17 In-Context

15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17 Shem had Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

18 Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber.

19 Eber had two sons: Peleg (Division) because in his time the earth was divided up; his brother was Joktan.

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