Genesis 10:31

All these people came from Shem. They were all different tribes and had their own country and their own language.

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In The King James Version

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

In Context

32And so this is a list of all the families and tribes that came from Noah. They split up into their own nations and spread out all over the earth after the big flood.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:20Yes, all these people were part of Ham's family. All the sons had their own tribes, languages and their own country.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:22-32

21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and… Read the whole commentary →

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