“ And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ”
- XXXIII. Shem 21. אבר 'eber , “‘Eber, yonder side; verb: pass, cross.” 22. עילם 'eylām , “‘Elam.” עוּל ‛ ûl , “suckle.” עלם ‛ ālam , “hide; be mature.” ארפכשׁד 'arpakshad...
Genesis 10. The Table of Nations. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1-7 ; Genesis 10:20 ; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some...
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Joktan - He had thirteen sons who had their dwelling from Mesha unto Sephar, a mount of the east, which places Calmet supposes to be...
And Joktan— The other son of Eber, was the father of many sons, who were the heads of so many tribes in Arabia; inhabiting that tract of it, Genesis 10:30 which lies between Mesha, i.e. . Muza,...
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah, Almodad - the progenitor of an Arab tribe whose name is preserved in Mudad, or El-Mudad; a person famous in Arabian history...
The Nations descended from Noah This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history...
(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 th...
In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastla...
And Joktan begat Almodad ,.... And twelve more mentioned later: the Arabic writers o say be had thirty one sons by one woman, but all, excepting two, left Arabia, and settled in India; the Targum of...
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Ver. 26. Joktan begat Almodad, &c. ] This man with his sons may seem to have seated in the East Indies; but, fallen from Hebe...
DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, a...
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and L...
From Almodad and the rest of Joktan s sons here mentioned, come either, 1. The various nations of India, as most think; or rather, 2. The several people that live in the innermost parts of Ar...
‘And Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah and Obal and Abimael and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.' Hazarmaveth...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1 . Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons o...
Genesis 10:2 . The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing Niphtha occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. Gomer, the father of the Gala...
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah A chapter of genealogies Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which...
PART II . THE POST - DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD . CH . 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM . § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH ( CH . 10:1-11:9)....
The Sons of Shem
1 Chronicles 1:20-28