Genesis 10:26 — Meaning and Application

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“And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,”

Genesis 10:26

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And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. {Salah: Heb. Shelah}

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one {was} Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name {was} Joktan. {Peleg: that is Division}

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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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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