Genesis 10:21

As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.

Literal Standard Version

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 [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

22Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:10These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [is] a son of one hundred years, and begets Arphaxad two years after the flood.

1 Chronicles 1:17Sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and 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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