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Genesis 10:23-25
New English Translation
Genesis 10:23-25
New English Translation
23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.[a] 24 Arphaxad was the father of[b] Shelah,[c] and Shelah was the father of Eber.[d] 25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided,[e] and his brother’s name was Joktan.
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- Genesis 10:23 tc The MT reads “Mash”; the LXX and 1 Chr 1:17 read “Meshech.”sn Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Little is known about these descendants of Aram.
- Genesis 10:24 tn Heb “fathered.”
- Genesis 10:24 tc The MT reads “Arphaxad fathered Shelah”; the LXX reads “Arphaxad fathered Cainan, and Cainan fathered Sala [= Shelah].” The LXX reading also appears to lie behind Luke 3:35-36.
- Genesis 10:24 sn Genesis 11 traces the line of Shem through Eber (עֵבֶר, ʿever) to Abraham the “Hebrew” (עִבְרִי, ʿivri).
- Genesis 10:25 tn The expression “the earth was divided” may refer to dividing the land with canals, but more likely it anticipates the division of languages at Babel (Gen 11). The verb פָּלַג (palag, “separate, divide”) is used in Ps 55:9 for a division of languages.
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