Genesis 10:21

Sons also were born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was also the ancestor of all the people of Eber.

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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, by their clans, by their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.

22The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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Cross References

Genesis 11:10These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and he became the father of Arphaxad two years after the flood.

1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.

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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