Genesis 10:20

They were all the tribes and nations that were from Ham and his family. Each tribe had their own country, and their own language.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

In Context

21Shem was Jafeth’s older brother. The Eber mob are from Shem’s family.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:1You know, at first everyone talked the same language.

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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