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1 Chronicles 1:17

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

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The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

KJV

The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121 →
שֵׁ֔םShemShemH8035 →
עֵילָ֣ם'ei.LamElamH5867 →
וְאַשּׁ֔וּרve.'a.Shurand AsshurH804 →
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖דve.'ar.pakh.Shadand ArphaxadH775 →
וְל֣וּדve.Ludand LudH3865 →
וַאֲרָ֑םva.'a.Ramand AramH758 →
וְע֥וּץve.'Utzand UzH5780 →
וְח֖וּלve.Chuland HulH2343 →
וְגֶ֥תֶרve.Ge.terand GetherH1666 →
וָמֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ סva.Me.shekhand MeshechH4902 →

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Genesis 10:22–32The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”Isaiah 21:2A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’Isaiah 22:6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.Numbers 24:22–24Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Ezekiel 32:22Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.Ezra 4:2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”Ezekiel 32:24Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. SelahIsaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.Jeremiah 25:25all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;Genesis 14:1In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of GoiimGenesis 11:10This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.

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