Genesis 10
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim,(out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19And 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.
20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25And 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.
26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32These 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85338× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH112116× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- יָלַדyâladH32059× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7768× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4287× in this chapter
these or those
- גּוֹיgôwyH14716× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- הוּאhûwʼH19315× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- מִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâhH49405× in this chapter
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
- שֵׁםShêmH80354× in this chapter
Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13683× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- חָםChâmH25263× in this chapter
Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
- אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- יֶפֶתYephethH33153× in this chapter
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
- יׇקְטָןYoqṭânH33553× in this chapter
Joktan, an Arabian patriarch
- כּוּשׁKûwshH35683× in this chapter
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
- לָשׁוֹןlâshôwnH39563× in this chapter
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
- עֵבֵרʻÊbêrH56773× in this chapter
Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- גֹּמֶרGômerH15862× in this chapter
Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess
- חֲוִילָהChăvîylâhH23412× in this chapter
Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men
- אָחʼâchH2512× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יָוָןYâvânH31202× in this chapter
Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33182× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כֶּלַחKelachH36252× in this chapter
Kelach, a place in Assyria
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36672× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- כְּנַעַנִיKᵉnaʻanîyH36692× in this chapter
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
- מַבּוּלmabbûwlH39992× in this chapter
a deluge
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47142× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- נֹחַNôachH51462× in this chapter
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
- נִינְוֵהNîynᵉvêhH52102× in this chapter
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
- נִמְרוֹדNimrôwdH52482× in this chapter
Nimrod, a son of Cush
- עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- פָּרַדpâradH65042× in this chapter
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
- צַיִדtsayidH67182× in this chapter
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
- צִידוֹןTsîydôwnH67212× in this chapter
Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine