Genesis 10:21

Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

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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

20These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.

22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:10The following is the genealogy of Shem. When Shem was 100, he had Arphaxad. This was two years after the flood.

1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

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 →

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