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Genesis 10

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The Book of Genesis

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Summary

The genealogies of Japheth, Ham, and Shem are given. Ham's descendents include the Canaanites, Japheth's descendents are Gentiles, and Shems descendents include Peleg, (meaning division) who was on the earth when it was divided.

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Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible

Matthew Henry (1706)

Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1831)

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable

Thomas Constable

Rashi’s Commentary

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki)

Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes (1834)

Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Gill (1746–63)

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible

John Wesley (1754–65)

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Genesis 10: The Table of Nations

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Noah's Offering by Jan van 't Hoff.

Noah

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Shem

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Ham

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Japheth

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Gomer

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Magog

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Madai

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Javan

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Tubal

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Mesech, Meshech

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Tiras

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Ashkenaz

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Riphath

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Togarmah

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Elishah

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Tarshish

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Cush

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Mizraim

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Phut, Put

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Canaan

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Sabtah

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Raamah

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Sabtecha, or Sabtechah

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Dedan

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Nimrod

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Ludim

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Anamim

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Lehabim

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Naphtuhim

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Pathrusim

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Heth

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Eber

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Elam

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Asshur

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Arphaxad

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Lud

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Hul

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Gether

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Mash

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Sala or Salah

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Peleg

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Joktan

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Almodad

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Sheleph

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Hazarmaveth

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Jerah

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Hadoram

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Uzal

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Diklah

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Obal

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Abimael

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Ophir

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Jobab

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Image of Earth by WikiImages via Pixabay.

Earth

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Babel

View from Mount Tabor, 2019. Photo by Bahnfrend via Wikimedia Commons.

Canaan, The Land of

Time

*All Dates Are Approximate, according to the narrative of the Bible. These dates may reflect literary significance as opposed to the precise dates of history.

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  • Before 2500 BC

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