22 The (A)sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, (B)Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and [a]Mash. 24 [b]Arphaxad begot (C)Salah, and Salah begot Eber. 25 (D)To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was [c]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 [d]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:23 LXX Meshech and 1 Chr. 1:17
  2. Genesis 10:24 So with MT, Vg., Tg.; LXX Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Salah (cf. Luke 3:35, 36)
  3. Genesis 10:25 Lit. Division
  4. Genesis 10:28 Ebal, 1 Chr. 1:22

22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,(A) Ashur,(B) Arphaxad,(C) Lud and Aram.(D)

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,(E) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[a]

24 Arphaxad was the father of[b] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.(F)

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

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

26 Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,(G) Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,(H) 29 Ophir,(I) Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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Footnotes

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

22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

25 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.

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

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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

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Shem’s Descendants(A)

10 (B)This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.

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From Shem to Abram(A)

10 This is the account(B) of Shem’s family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father[a] of Arphaxad.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:10 Father may mean ancestor; also in verses 11-25.

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

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