Genesis 10:21-31

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The Semites^(A)

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

²²The sons of Shem:

Elam,^(C) Ashur,^(D) Arphaxad,^(E) Lud and Aram.^(F)

²³The sons of Aram:

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

²⁴Arphaxad was the father of^[c] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.^(H)

²⁵Two sons were born to Eber:

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

²⁶Joktan was the father of

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

³⁰The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³¹These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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Footnotes

Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

Genesis 11:10-27

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From Shem to Abram^(A)

¹⁰This 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) ¹¹And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹²When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah.^(D) ¹³And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.^[b]

¹⁴When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.^(E) ¹⁵And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg.^(F) ¹⁷And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu.^(G) ¹⁹And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.^(H) ²¹And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

²²When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor.^(I) ²³And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁴When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah.^(J) ²⁵And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁶After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram,^(K) Nahor^(L) and Haran.^(M)

Abram’s Family

²⁷This is the account^(N) of Terah’s family line.

Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor^(O) and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.^(P)

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Footnotes

Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.
Genesis 11:13 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also Luke 3:35, 36 and note at Gen. 10:24) 35 years, he became the father of Cainan. ¹³And after he became the father of Cainan, Arphaxad lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters, and then he died. When Cainan had lived 130 years, he became the father of Shelah. And after he became the father of Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other sons and daughters