Genesis 10:26
in Genesis 10And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
KJV
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseShem, the third son of Noah, had five sons, who inhabited the land that began at Euphrates, and reached to the Indian Ocean. For Elam left behind him the Elamites, the ancestors of the Persians.
This site's exposition
Joktan was the father of Almodad
on Genesis 10:26-31
Joktan's thirteen sons are counted out in full and then never taken up again. Havilah is the country the Pishon ran through at 2:11, where the gold was, while Sheba and Ophir stand behind the queen who came to Solomon and the fleet that fetched his gold. Their territory ran from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hills.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 26.) Jectan begat Helmodad, and Saleph, and Asermoth, and Jare, and Aduram, and Uzal, and Decla, Ebal, Abimael, Seba, Ophir, Evila, and Jobab. I could not find the names of the twelve other nations; but up to the present time, because they are far from us, or because they are called by different names, or because they have been changed, they are unknown. However, they possessed the whole region of India, which is called Hieria, from the river Cophene.
The Medieval Church2 voices
All these are the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. We previously said that Shem, the first-born of Noah, signifies those believing from the ancient people of God, Japheth signifies those believing …
Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, Jerah, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and Obal, and Abimael, Sheba, and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Joktan. Jerome testifies that he could not find the later names of these nations.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Joktan begat Almodad,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Joktan - He had thirteen sons who had their dwelling from Mesha unto Sephar, a mount of the east, which places Calmet supposes to be mount Masius, on the west in Mesopotamia, and the mountains of the Saphirs on the east in Armenia, or of the Tapyrs farther on in Media.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָקְטָ֣ן | veyaketan | and Joktan | H3355 → | 6 times |
| יָלַ֔ד | yalad | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד | ʾalmodad | Almodad | H486 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׁ֑לֶף | shalef | Sheleph | H8026 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶת | chatzarmavet | Hazarmaveth | H2700 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָֽרַח׃ | yarach | Jerah | H3392 → |
וְיָקְטָ֣ןand Joktan
veyaketanH3355 →6 times
יָלַ֔דhe fathered
yaladH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַלְמוֹדָ֖דAlmodad
ʾalmodadH486 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שָׁ֑לֶףSheleph
shalefH8026 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶתHazarmaveth
chatzarmavetH2700 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָֽרַח׃Jerah
yarachH3392 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews - Book I, Chapter 6, Sections 4.