What does Genesis 10:31 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations."
- XXXIII. Shem 21. אבר _'eber_, “‘Eber, yonder side; verb: pass, cross.” 22. עילם _'eylām_, “‘Elam.” עוּל _‛__ûl_, “suckle.” עלם _‛__ālam_, “hide; be mature.” ארפכשׁד _'arpakshad_, “Arpakshad.” כ...
V. THE GENERATIONS OF THE SONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 10 Shem, Ham, and Japheth and Their Seed _ 1. The sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2)_ 2. The sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6) 3. The sons of Shem (Genesis 10:2...
GENESIS 10. THE TABLE OF NATIONS. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1; Genesis 10:20; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some elements f...
FAMILIES, &C. Note the thrice-repeated fourfold division in verses: Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20. See App-10....
The Sons of Shem (J and P) 21. _And unto Shem_, &c. The brief account in verse is from J. _the father of all the children of Eber_ This is the point in the description of Shem which would seem most h...
AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, &C.— In Genesis 10:5 also it is said, that they were divided, after their tongues, families, and nations; whence it seems to follow, that they were first ranged according to thei...
8. _The Line of Shem_ (Genesis 10:21-32, Genesis 11:10-32). 21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. 22 The sons of Shem:...
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF SHEM, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AFTER THEIR TONGUES, IN THEIR LANDS, AFTER THEIR NATIONS._ These are the sons of Shem. Thus, according to the preceding exposition, the Semitic nati...
THE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history of...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 10 NOAH’S FAMILY V1 These are the *descendants of Noah’s sons. Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth. After the flood, they became the fathers of...
(26-31) JOKTAN. — “The little one,” as being a younger son. Of the thirteen divisions of his family, few are of any importance, though several of the names are curious from their connection with the A...
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי ־שֵׁ֔ם לְ מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִ לְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּ אַרְצֹתָ֖ם לְ גֹויֵהֶֽם׃...
In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastlan...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world; the great pla...
THESE ARE THE SONS OF SHEM,.... His sons, and grandsons, and great grandsons, in all twenty six, no doubt but there were many more, but these are only mentioned; for none of the sons of Elam, Ashur, a...
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...
The Sons of Shem...
THIRD SECTION _The Ethnological Table._ GENESIS 10:1-32 1Now these are the generations [genealogies] of the sons of Noah; [they were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the...
DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, and...
15-32 The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive a...
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This section of our book records the generations of Noah's three sons, noticing, especially, Nimrod, the founder of the kingdom of Babel, or Babylon, a name which occupies a very prominent place on th...
Genesis 10:31 sons H1121 Shem H8035 families H4940 languages H3956 lands H776 nations H1471 GENESIS 10:5, GENESIS 10:20; ACTS 17:26...
‘These are the sons of Shem after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.' Compare Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20. The descriptions confirms that ‘sons' is to be taken...
CONTENTS: Establishing of the nations. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Nimrod, Canaan. CONCLUSION: God made all nations of one blood and determined the bounds of their habitations. KEY WORD:...
Genesis 10:2. _The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet_ is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing _Niphtha_ occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. _Gomer,_ the father of the Galatinians...
_Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah_ A CHAPTER OF GENEALOGIES Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which ar...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 10:21 Abraham was descended from SHEM. Many of Shem’s descendants are Arabian tribes or kingdoms. Shem’s great-grandson EBER receives special attention (v. Genesis 10:21), bein...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1. Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons of Noa...
PART II. THE POST-DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM. § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH (CH. 10:1-11:9). I. THE _historical credibility _of the p...
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah (Genesis 10:1), And as we get into chapter ten, this chapter has been called the "Table of Nations". And here you have the beginning of all of the var...
Genesis 10:5 Genesis 10:20 Acts 17:26...