GENESIS 10:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.”

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Genesis 10:31 Translation & Meaning

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These אֵ֣לֶּה These or those These
are (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the sons בְנֵי 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.) sons
of Shem, שֵׁ֔ם Shem, a son of Noah (often including his posterity) Shem
after their families, לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם 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 families
after their tongues, לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑ם 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) tongues
in their lands, בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם The earth (at large, or partitively a land) lands
after their nations. לְגֽוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nations

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  • 29  And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

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

  • 31  These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

  • 32  These 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.




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