Genesis 10:32
in Genesis 10All 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
KJV
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the clans of Noah’s sons
The names have been counted at seventy since antiquity, and seventy is the number of Jacob's house going down into Egypt at 46:27. Every people on earth is traced to one family. Paul stands on that at Athens, that God made every nation of men from one, at Acts 17:26.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
These are the families of Noah according to their peoples and nations. From these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations,....
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations,....
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת | mishpechot | [were] [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֹ֛חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖ם | letoldotam | to descendants their | H8435 → | 39 times |
| בְּגוֹיֵהֶ֑ם | begoyehem | in nations their | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וּמֵאֵ֜לֶּה | umeeleh | and from these | H428 → | 746 times |
| נִפְרְד֧וּ | nifredu | they separated | H6504 → | 26 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֛ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| בָּאָ֖רֶץ | baaretz | on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אַחַ֥ר | ʾachar | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ פ | hamabul | the flood | H3999 → | 13 times |
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת[were] [the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
בְּנֵי־[the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
נֹ֛חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖םto descendants their
letoldotamH8435 →39 times
בְּגוֹיֵהֶ֑םin nations their
begoyehemH1471 →561 times
וּמֵאֵ֜לֶּהand from these
umeelehH428 →746 times
נִפְרְד֧וּthey separated
nifreduH6504 →26 times
הַגּוֹיִ֛םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
בָּאָ֖רֶץon the earth
baaretzH776 →2504 times
אַחַ֥רafter
ʾacharH310 →715 times
הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ פthe flood
hamabulH3999 →13 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:7–8
Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.
- Genesis 3:20
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
- Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Romans 5:12–19
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- Deuteronomy 32:7–8
Through
Genesis 9:1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
it leads to
- Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 8:17
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 1:28
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis

This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
