Genesis — Chapter 10

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Genesis 10:1 Now these ^Rare the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: ^Rand unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Genesis 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, ^RKittim, and ^TDodanim.

Genesis 10:5 By these were the ^Risles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one ^Rafter his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; ^RCush, and Mizraim, and ^RPhut, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and ^RHavilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; ^RSheba, and ^RDedan.

Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat ^RNimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was ^RTBabel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of ^RShinar.

Genesis 10:11 Out of that land ^Twent forth Asshur, and builded ^RNineveh, and ^Tthe city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Genesis 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Genesis 10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Genesis 10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and ^RCaphtorim.

Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat ^RTSidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Genesis 10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

Genesis 10:17 And the ^RHivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

Genesis 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to ^RGerar, unto ^TGaza; as thou goest, unto ^RSodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Genesis 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Genesis 10:21 Unto Shem also, ^Rthe father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and ^TArphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 10:23 And the children of Aram; ^RUz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 10:24 And Arphaxad begat ^RTSalah; and Salah begat Eber.

Genesis 10:25 And unto ^REber were born two sons: the name of one was ^TPeleg; for ^Rin his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Genesis 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

Genesis 10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

Genesis 10:29 And ^ROphir, and ^RHavilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Genesis 10:32 These ^Rare the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the ^Rnations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Genesis 10:1–5 — The Descendants of Japheth

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The chapter records the sons and descendants of Japheth and describes their families spreading into their lands, languages, and nations.

Key Truth: The descendants of Noah begin to spread into distinct peoples after the flood.

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Genesis 10:6–20 — The Descendants of Ham

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Ham’s descendants include Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. The passage also introduces Nimrod as a mighty one and mighty hunter and names cities and peoples connected with this family line.

Key Truth: Genesis preserves the development of nations and territories through Ham’s descendants.

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Genesis 10:21–31 — The Descendants of Shem

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The genealogy turns to Shem and traces his descendants through Eber and the lines of Peleg and Joktan, again identifying families, languages, lands, and nations.

Key Truth: Shem’s family line forms an important part of the genealogy that will soon lead to Abram.

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Genesis 10:32 — The Nations After the Flood

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The chapter closes by summarizing the families of Noah’s sons and states that from these families the nations were divided in the earth after the flood.

Key Truth: All the family lines in Genesis 10 are presented as descendants of Noah’s sons after the flood.

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