Genesis 10:31 — Meaning and Application

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“These {are} the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.”

Genesis 10:31

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And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these {were} the sons of Joktan.

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

These {are} the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

These {are} the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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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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