Genesis 10:21

Shem was Jay-feth's older brother and Eber's family were part of Shem's family.

Barkly (portions)

In The King James Version

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

In Context

20Yes, all these people were part of Ham's family. All the sons had their own tribes, languages and their own country.

22Shem's sons were Elam, Ashur, Ar-faxad, Lud, and Aram.

Read all of Genesis 10

Cross References

Genesis 11:10This is the story of Shem's family. Shem was 100 years old when he had a son named Ar-fax-ad. This was 2 years after the big flood.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:16-21

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 10:21