Genesis 10:26-28

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Genesis 10:26 tn Heb “fathered.”
2. Genesis 10:26 sn The name Almodad combines the Arabic article al with modad (“friend”). Almodad was the ancestor of a South Arabian people.
3. Genesis 10:26 sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe.
4. Genesis 10:26 sn The name Hazarmaveth should be equated with Hadramawt, located in Southern Arabia.
5. Genesis 10:26 sn The name Jerah means “moon.”
6. Genesis 10:27 sn Uzal was the name of the old capital of Yemen.
7. Genesis 10:27 sn The name Diklah means “date-palm.”
8. Genesis 10:28 sn Obal was a name used for several localities in Yemen.
9. Genesis 10:28 sn The name Abimael is a genuine Sabean form which means “my father, truly, he is God.”
10. Genesis 10:28 sn The descendants of Sheba lived in South Arabia, where the Joktanites were more powerful than the Hamites.