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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10 - Introduction

* The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham. (1-7) Nimrod the first monarch. (8-14) The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem. (15-32)

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See also Genesis 10 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    1 (P). The Generations of the Sons of Noah. 2 5 (P). The Sons of Japheth. 6, 7, and 20 (P). The Sons of Ham. 8 19, and 21 (J). Nimrod, Babylon, and Assyria: Egypt and Canaan. 22 31 (P). The S...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE POSTERITY OF THE SONS OF NOAH; SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH; FROM WHOM ALL MEN SPRUNG, AND ALL COUNTRIES WERE PEOPLED._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 God (a-4) Heb. _ Elohim_ , the plural of _ Eloah_ , 'the Supreme'. It is Deity in the absolute sense. _ Elohim_ will, in the text, appear only in the name of _ Jehovah Elohim_ ; moreover, when _...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    X. THE ETHNOLOGICAL TABLE (Genesis 10:1 to Genesis 11:9). THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS (THE _TÔLDÔTH_) OF THE SONS OF NOAH. — The importance of this “table of the nations” can scarcely be over-estimated;...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10 This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Genesis 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Genesis 1...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Gen. 10 and 11. _The dispersion and first settlement of the nations._ By the descendants of Jophat were the isles of the Gentiles divided, Genesis 10:5. By the _Isles_, the Hebrews denoted not only su...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2006. B.C. 1998._ This chapter contains the only certain account extant of the original of nations; and yet, perhaps, there is no nation, but that of the Jews, that can be confident from which...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sonnes of Iaphet. 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Shem. 1 NOW these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Ia...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TABLE OF NATIONS AND THE EXPLANATION OF THE DIVISIONS (GENESIS 10:1 TO GENESIS 11:10 A) TABLET V. THE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH (Genesis 10). This tablet is described as ‘this is the history of...

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