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Genesis 10:21–30

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¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
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.
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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.
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From verse 21

  1. Numbers 24:24Rank 1 from verse 21
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    24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

  2. Genesis 11:10–26Rank 2 from verse 21
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    10¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

    11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

    12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

    13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

    14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

    15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

    16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

    17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

    18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

    19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

    20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

    21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

    22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

    23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

    24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

    25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

    26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

From verse 22

  1. Isaiah 66:19Rank 1 from verse 22
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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

  2. 1 Chronicles 1:17–27Rank 2 from verse 22
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    17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

    18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

    19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

    20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

    21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

    22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

    24¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

    27Abram; the same is Abraham.

  3. 2 Kings 15:19Rank 3 from verse 22
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    19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.

  4. Acts 2:9Rank 4 from verse 22
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    9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

  5. Genesis 14:1–9Rank 5 from verse 22
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    1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

    2That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

    3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

    4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

    5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

    6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

    7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

    8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

    9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

From verse 23

  1. Job 1:1Rank 1 from verse 23
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    1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  2. Jeremiah 25:20Rank 2 from verse 23
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    20And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

From verse 24

  1. Genesis 11:12–15Rank 1 from verse 24
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    12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

    13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

    14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

    15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  2. Luke 3:35Rank 2 from verse 24
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    35Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

From verse 25

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:19Rank 1 from verse 25
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    19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

  2. Genesis 10:32Rank 2 from verse 25
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    32These 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.

  3. Deuteronomy 32:8Rank 3 from verse 25
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    8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  4. Acts 17:26Rank 4 from verse 25
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    26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

  5. Luke 3:35–36Rank 5 from verse 25
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    35Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

    36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

From verse 26

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:20–28Rank 1 from verse 26
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    20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

    21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

    22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

    24¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

    27Abram; the same is Abraham.

    28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

From verse 27

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:20–28Rank 1 from verse 27
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    20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

    21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

    22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

    24¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

    27Abram; the same is Abraham.

    28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

From verse 28

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:20–28Rank 1 from verse 28
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    20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

    21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

    22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

    23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

    24¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

    25Eber, Peleg, Reu,

    26Serug, Nahor, Terah,

    27Abram; the same is Abraham.

    28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

  2. 1 Kings 10:1Rank 2 from verse 28
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    1AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  3. Genesis 25:3Rank 3 from verse 28
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    3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

From verse 29

  1. 1 Kings 9:28Rank 1 from verse 29
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    28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

  2. 1 Chronicles 8:18Rank 2 from verse 29
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    18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:10Rank 3 from verse 29
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    10¶ And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

  4. 1 Chronicles 9:13Rank 4 from verse 29
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    13And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

  5. 1 Kings 22:48Rank 5 from verse 29
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    48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

From verse 30

  1. Numbers 23:7Rank 1 from verse 30
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    7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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Genesis 10:21

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:22

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:23

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:24

COMBINED MEANING

begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:25

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:26

COMBINED MEANING

begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 10:30

COMBINED MEANING

dwelling

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Sense 1: Residing, remaining, or abiding. Sense 2: A habitation, home, resting place, or territory.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mount

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Sense 1: A hill, mountain, or elevated tract of land. Sense 2: An artificial raised mound used in siege. Sense 3: To rise, ascend, climb, get upon, or increase upward.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

21¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

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

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

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24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

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25And 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.

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

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27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

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28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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

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

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

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