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Genesis 10
32 verses with commentary
The Table of Nations
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
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<strong>Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons b...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(1) **Shem, Ham, and Japheth.**—This is the un-deviating arrangement of the three brothers. (See Note on Genesis 9:24; Genesis 10:21.)
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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<strong>The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's...
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(2) **The sons of Japheth.**—Of these, seven main divisions are enumerated, some of which are subsequently sub-divided; they are—
**1. Gomer, **whose name reappears in the Cimmerians. Their original settlement was between Magog and Madai, that is, between the Scythians and the Medes. After remaining some time on the Caspian and Black Seas, on which latter they have left their name in the Crimea, a...
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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<strong>And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a...
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(3) **Gomer **has three main divisions:—
**1. Ashkenaz**, a region in the neighbourhood of Armenia (Jeremiah 51:27), whence, following the course of Japhethite migration, the race seems to have wandered into Germany. The derivations are all most uncertain; but the Jews call the Germans Ashkenazites, and are probably right.**
2. Riphath,** in 1Chronicles 1:6, is called Diphath (see Dodanim, below)....
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**20. And Noah ... planted a vineyard--**Noah had been probably bred to the culture of the soil, and resumed that employment on leaving the ark.
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Dodanim: or, as some read it, Rodanim
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<strong>And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservati...
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(4) **Javan **has four main divisions:—
**1. Elishah, **a maritime people of Greece. Traces of the name occur in Aeolis and in Elis, a district of the Peloponessus. Some boldly identify with Hellas. The isles of Elishah are mentioned in Ezekiel 27:7.**
2. Tarshish. **At so early a period this could scarcely be Tartessus, but is more probably the Tyrseni, or Tyrrheni, a race once powerful in Italy,...
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**21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken--**perhaps at the festivities of the vintage season. This solitary stain on the character of so eminently pious a man must, it is believed, have been the result of age or inadvertency.
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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<strong>By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after th...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(5) **Isles of the Gentiles.**—The word rendered “isles” means *any maritime region. *As there were no Gentiles at this time, the phrase should be translated “the coast-lands of the nations.”
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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<strong>And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of...
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(6) **Ham.**—Many derive this word from a Hebrew root, and explain it as signifying *hot, sunburnt, *and so swarthy. Japheth they connect with a word signifying *to be fair; *and so Ham is the progenitor of dark races, Japheth of those of a fair complexion, while the olive- coloured spring from Shem. More probably it is *Chemi, *the old name of Egypt, “the land of Ham” (Psalm 78:51), called by Plu...
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
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<strong>And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raama...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(7) **Sons of Cush.**—Of Cush there are five subdivisions, of which one is again parted into two. These are—
**1. Seba.**—The name at this time of an Arabian tribe, which subsequently migrated into Africa, and settled in Meroë, which, according to Josephus, still bore in his days this appellation. They also left their name on the eastern side of the Red Sea, not far to the north of the Straits of ...
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24. This incident could scarcely have happened till twenty years after the flood; for Canaan, whose conduct was more offensive than that even of his father, was not born till after that event. It is probable that there is a long interval included between these verses and that this prophecy, like that of Jacob on his sons, was not uttered till near the close of Noah's life when the prophetic spirit...
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Chapter 10
Chapter Outline
The sons of Noah, of Japheth, of Ham.(1-7)
Nimrod the first monarch.(8-14)
The descendants of Canaan, The sons of Shem.(15-32)
**Verses 1-7**
This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fath...
Read full commentary →And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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<strong>And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation...
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(8) **Cush begat Nimrod.**—This does not mean that Nimrod was the son of Cush, but only that Cush was his ancestor. In the days of Nimrod population had become numerous, and whereas each tribe and family had hitherto lived in independence, subject only to the authority of the natural head, he was able, by his personal vigour, to reduce several tribes to obedience, to prevail upon them to build and...
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**25. Cursed be Canaan--**This doom has been fulfilled in the destruction of the Canaanites--in the degradation of Egypt and the slavery of the Africans, the descendants of Ham.
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
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<strong>He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter befor...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(9) **He was a mighty hunter.**—When men were still leading a pastoral life, and were but poorly armed, the war with wild beasts was a most important and dangerous occupation. Probably from single combats with fierce animals, Nimrod, now recognised as a public benefactor, was led to organise hunts upon a large scale, and so, like Romulus, became the chief of a band of the most spirited and vigorou...
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**26. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem--**rather, "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem,"--an intimation that the descendants of Shem should be peculiarly honored in the service of the true God, His Church being for ages established among them (the Jews), and of them, concerning the flesh, Christ came. They got possession of Canaan, the people of that land being made their "servants" either by conqu...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Babel: Gr. Babylon
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<strong>And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(10) **The beginning of his kingdom.**—Nimrod’s empire began with the cities enumerated in this verse, and thence extended into Assyria, as is mentioned in Genesis 10:11. First, then, he established his sovereignty “in the land of Shinar: “that is, in Babylonia, the lower portion of Mesopotamia, as distinguished from Assyria, the upper portion. It is called *Sumir *in the cuneiform inscriptions. I...
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**27. God shall enlarge Japheth--**pointing to a vast increase in posterity and possessions. Accordingly his descendants have been the most active and enterprising, spread over the best and largest portion of the world, all Europe and a considerable part of Asia.
**he shall dwell in the tents of Shem--**a prophecy being fulfilled at the present day, as in India British Government is established ...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, went: or, he went out into Assyria the city: or, the streets of the city
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<strong>Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judg...
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(11, 12) **Out of that land went forth Asshur.**—So the LXX., Syriac, and Vulg.; but the Targum and most modern authorities rightly translate, “Out of that land he went forth into Assyria.” We have here nothing to do with Asshur the son of Shem (see Genesis 10:22), but are occupied with Nimrod and the Hamites, who, after firmly establishing themselves in Babylonia, subsequently extended their infl...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
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<strong>And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation o...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
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<strong>And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation...
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(13, 14) “With Mizraim are connected seven inferior African races, the names of which are given in the plural, namely:—
1. The **Ludim.**—There were two races of this name: one Semitic, descended from Lud, the son of Shem (Genesis 10:22), and mentioned in Isaiah 66:19; the other Hamite, and subject to the Pharaohs ( Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:5). They seem to have inhabited the Nile valley, but the...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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<strong>And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the pre...
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CHAPTER 10 Ge 10:1-32. Genealogies.
**1. sons of Noah--**The historian has not arranged this catalogue according to seniority of birth; for the account begins with the descendants of Japheth, and the line of Ham is given before that of Shem though he is expressly said to be the youngest or younger son of Noah; and Shem was the elder brother of Japheth (Ge 10:21), the true rendering of that passag...
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**Verses 8-14**
Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, re...
Read full commentary →And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, Sidon: Heb. Tzidon
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<strong>And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous r...
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(15-18) **Canaan.**—The meaning of this name is uncertain, as, most probably, it is a Hamitic word: if derived from a Semitic root, it may mean the *lowland. *Though the Canaanites spoke a Semitic tongue at the time when we find them in Palestine, yet the assertion of the Bible that they were Hamites is confirmed by the testimony of profane writers, who say that their original home was on the Indi...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
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<strong>And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a right...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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<strong>And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous r...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
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<strong>And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaan...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**5. the isles of the Gentiles--**a phrase by which the Hebrews described all countries which were accessible by sea (Is 11:11; 20:6; Jr 25:22). Such in relation to them were the countries of Europe, the peninsula of Lesser Asia, and the region lying on the east of the Euxine. Accordingly, it was in these quarters the early descendants of Japheth had their settlements.
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. Gaza: Heb. Azzah
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<strong>And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, ...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(19, 20) **The border . . . —**The boundaries given are Sidon in the north, Gerar and Gaza in the south and south-west, and thence to the Dead Sea. The only Lasha known is a place famous for its hot springs on the east of the Red Sea Though the Phœnicians may-have occupied this town on their way to Palestine, it could not have been one of their boundaries, so that it is probably some place destroy...
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**6. sons of Ham--**emigrated southward, and their settlements were: Cush in Arabia, Canaan in the country known by his name, and Mizraim in Egypt, Upper and Lower. It is generally thought that his father accompanied him and personally superintended the formation of the settlement, whence Egypt was called "the land of Ham" [Psa 105:23, 27; 106:22].
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
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<strong>These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in the...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →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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<strong>Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to hi...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(21-23) **shem . . . the brother of Japheth the elder.**—Really, *the elder brother of Japheth. *Though the rules of Hebrew grammar will admit of no other rendering, it is remarkable that both the Syriac and the Vulg. make the same mistake as our own version. In designating Shem as “the father of all the children of Eber,” attention is called to the fact that the descendants of Peleg, his elder so...
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**8. Nimrod--**mentioned as eclipsing all his family in renown. He early distinguished himself by his daring and successful prowess in hunting wild beasts. By those useful services he earned a title to public gratitude; and, having established a permanent ascendancy over the people, he founded the first kingdom in the world [Ge 10:10].
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. Arphaxad: Heb. Arpachshad
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<strong>The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the pres...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
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<strong>And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of ...
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**10. the beginning of his kingdom--**This kingdom, of course, though then considered great, would be comparatively limited in extent, and the towns but small forts.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. Salah: Heb. Shelah
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<strong>And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous r...
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(24) **Arphaxad begat Salah.**—Heb., *Shelah. *The rest of the chapter is devoted to giving an account of the settlements of the Joktanite Arabs, who formed only one, apparently, of the races sprung from Arphaxad, as in this table even the Hebrews are omitted, although Eber’s birth is given with the view of showing that the right of primogeniture belonged not to Joktan, but to Eber. The name Arpha...
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**11. Out of that land went forth Asshur--**or, as the Margin has it, "He [Nimrod] at the head of his army went forth into Assyria," that is, he pushed his conquests into that country.
**and builded Nineveh--**opposite the town of Mosul, on the Tigris, and the other towns near it. This raid into Assyria was an invasion of the territories of Shem, and hence the name "Nimrod," signifying "rebel," ...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →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
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<strong>And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; ...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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(25) **Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided**.—This may refer to the breaking up of the race of Shem into separate nations, which severally occupied a distinct region; and so, while Joktan took Arabia, and in course of time expelled the Hamites from that country, Asshur, Aram, and Peleg occupied the regions on the north and north-west. But as Peleg, according to the *Tôldôth Shem, *was bor...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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<strong>And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservati...
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(26-31) **Joktan.**—“The little one,” as being a younger son. Of the thirteen divisions of his family, few are of any importance, though several of the names are curious from their connection with the Arabic language. The Joktanite country was Arabia Felix, or Yemen, and as the people led a pastoral life without founding cities, the traces of their tribal names are insignificant. Those worth notin...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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<strong>And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous remnant.<br><b...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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<strong>And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preservation of a righteous remnant.<br><br...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
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<strong>And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and the preserv...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
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<strong>And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east....</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, God's judgment, and...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
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<strong>These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their n...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
Read full commentary →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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<strong>These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these ...</strong> This passage belongs to the primeval history section (Genesis 1-11) which establishes universal truths about God, humanity, sin, and divine purposes before focusing on Abraham and Israel. These chapters answer fundamental questions about human origins, the spread of wickedness, ...
Read full commentary →Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(32) **After their generations.**—Heb., *according to their Tôldôth. *This makes it probable that each family preserved in some way an historical record of its descent; and as this table is called the *Tôldôth of the Sons of Noah, *it was probably formed by a comparison of numerous *Tôldôth, *each showing the descent of various members of the three great families into which the sons of Noah were d...
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**Verses 15-32**
The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always t...
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