18 Arvadites,(A) Zemarites and Hamathites.(B)

Later the Canaanite(C) clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan(D) reached from Sidon(E) toward Gerar(F) as far as Gaza,(G) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,(H) as far as Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

The Semites(I)

21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[a] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.(J)

22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,(K) Ashur,(L) Arphaxad,(M) Lud and Aram.(N)

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,(O) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[b]

24 Arphaxad was the father of[c] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
  2. Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
  3. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of

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