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And theseוְאֵלֶּהarethe generationsתּוֹלְדֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Noah,נֹחַShem,שֵׁםHam,חָםand Japheth;וָיָפֶתand sonsבָּנִיםwere bornוַיִּוָּלְדוּto themלָהֶםafterאַחַרthe flood.הַמַּבּוּל
Genesis 10:1
Study it in the app“And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 10:1, word by word
- the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתtoldot
generations
What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.
Where else “toldot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- Shemשֵׁםshem
Shem
Shem, one of the three sons of Noah; Abraham descends from him. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “shem” appears- Hamחָםcham
Ham
Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.
Where else “cham” appears- and Japhethיָפֶתyafet
Japheth
Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah; also his descendants.
Where else “yafet” appears- were bornיִּוָּלְדוּyivaldu
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yivaldu” appears- the floodמַּבּוּלmabul
flood
Flood: the great flood in the days of Noah. The word is almost only used for that event.
Where else “mabul” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
To study Genesis 10 in a group
1. What it says
What does the text say about the sons of Noah and how the nations spread out (v. 32)?
2. What it means
Why do you think the text lists so many nations that came from the sons of Noah?
3. How I live it
How can you approach a person from another culture or country with respect?