Genesis 10:16 — Meaning and Application

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“And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,”

Genesis 10:16

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And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, {Sidon: Heb. Tzidon}

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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

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Genesis 10:1

"Now these {are} the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and 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, Kittim, and Dodanim. {Dodanim: or, as some read it, Rodanim}"

Genesis 10:5

"By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations."

Genesis 10:6

"And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan."

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