22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,(A) Ashur,(B) Arphaxad,(C) Lud and Aram.(D)

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,(E) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[a]

24 Arphaxad was the father of[b] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.(F)

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[c] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

26 Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,(G) Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,(H) 29 Ophir,(I) Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
  2. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
  3. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

From Shem to Abram(A)

10 This is the account(B) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[a] of Arphaxad.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.

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