Genesis 10:21

Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children 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 are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 11:10This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, 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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