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Genesis 10:21

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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.
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  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.

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Genesis 10:21

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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.

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children

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

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brother

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

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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.

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10:21¶ 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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10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

10:23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

10:24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

10:25And 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.

10:26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

10:27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

10:28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

10:30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

10:32These 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.

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