Genesis 10:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 10:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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 10:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
Genesis 10:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. The genealogy of Joktan is traced to the fifth generation-further than in any instance in this chapter-and the...
Genesis 10:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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...
Genesis 10:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Genesis 10:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Zephar, a mount of the east. Mesha, which is thought to be the Muza of Ptolemy and Pliny, was a famous port in the Red sea, frequented by the m...
Genesis 10:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 10:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Genesis 10:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These places were either, 1. In India, where there are places called by Ptolemy and Pliny, Maesae, and Saparum, and Sabara. Or rather, 2. In Arabia, where there was a noted port called Musa; and...
Genesis 10:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And their dwelling was from Mesha as you go towards Sephar, the mountain of the East.' Mesha may connect with Massa in northern Arabia. Massa was the seventh of the twelve princes of Ishmael accor...
Genesis 10:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 10:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 10:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Genesis 10:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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)....
Genesis 10:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Shem
Genesis 10:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

mount of the east. Numbers 23:7

Genesis 10:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 10:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 10:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 10:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 10:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 10:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 10:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 10:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge