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A.The Sons of Japhethvv. 1-5
1 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. 5 From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
B.Ham's Sons and Nimrod the Huntervv. 6-20
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” 10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. 13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, 14 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. 15 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered, 19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
C.The Sons of Shemvv. 21-32
21 And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. 26 And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 30 Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country. 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. 32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
Chapter summary
The table of nations.
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Chapter summary
The table of nations.
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The table of nations. Seventy peoples descend from the three sons of Noah. Japheth's maritime fringe, Ham's southern kingdoms (including Nimrod's tower-builder empire), Shem's central east. The chapter is not merely geography; it is the covenantal setting for the call of Abram that is coming. Henry notes that every human being alive traces through this table; Calvin emphasises the unity of the human race. Nimrod is named twice (‘a mighty hunter before the LORD’) and the founding of Babel is flagged. The chapter sets up the Babel narrative as its theological interpretation.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
Law · Moses — Genesis overview
- A. 1–5 The Sons of Japheth
- B. 6–20 Ham's Sons and Nimrod the Hunter
- C. 21–32 The Sons of Shem
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- Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
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