Genesis 10:30
in Genesis 10Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
KJV
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Zephar, a mount of the east.
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Zephar, a mount of the east.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם | moshavam | dwelling place their | H4186 → | 44 times |
| מִמֵּשָׁ֑א | mimesha' | from Mesha | H4852 → | |
| בֹּאֲכָ֥ה | boakhah | going you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| סְפָ֖רָה | sefarah | Sephar towards | H5611 → | |
| הַ֥ר | har | [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַקֶּֽדֶם׃ | hakedem | the east | H6924 → | 87 times |
וַֽיְהִ֥יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מוֹשָׁבָ֖םdwelling place their
moshavamH4186 →44 times
מִמֵּשָׁ֑אfrom Mesha
mimesha'H4852 →
בֹּאֲכָ֥הgoing you
boakhahH935 →2568 times
סְפָ֖רָהSephar towards
sefarahH5611 →
הַ֥ר[the] hill country of
harH2022 →546 times
הַקֶּֽדֶם׃the east
hakedemH6924 →87 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it leads to
- Numbers 22:5–6
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the…
- Numbers 24:3
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
- Deuteronomy 23:4
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
- Numbers 23:18
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
- Numbers 22:5–6
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.