The Semites(A)

21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[a] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.(B)

22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,(C) Ashur,(D) Arphaxad,(E) Lud and Aram.(F)

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,(G) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[b]

24 Arphaxad was the father of[c] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.(H)

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[d] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
  2. Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
  3. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
  4. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

34 the son of Jacob,

the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,

the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,(A)

35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,

the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,

the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan,

the son of Arphaxad,(B) the son of Shem,

the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,(C)

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