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Genesis 10

Gen. 10:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Unto Shem
Shem (Hebrew #8035)
name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
KJV usage: Sem, Shem.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: the same as 8034
also, the father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
of all the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Eber
`Eber (Hebrew #5677)
Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites
KJV usage: Eber, Heber.
Pronounce: ay'-ber
Origin: the same as 5676
, the brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
of Japheth
Yepheth (Hebrew #3315)
expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
KJV usage: Japheth.
Pronounce: yeh'-feth
Origin: from 6601
the elder
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, even to him were children born
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
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Eber,
Father,
Japheth,
Shem

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Shem.Shem signifies name or renown; and his, indeed, was great both in a temporal and spiritual sense, inasmuch as he was destined to be the lineal ancestor of the promised Seed of the woman, to which Noah might allude in his pious ejaculation, ch. 9:26.the father.
Gen. 11:10‑26• 10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
 11And Shem lived after he had begotten Arphaxad five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 12And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Shelah.
 13And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
 14And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
 15And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
 16And Eber lived thirty-four years, and begot Peleg.
 17And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
 18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
 19And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
 20And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Serug.
 21And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
 22And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
 23And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
 24And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah.
 25And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
 26And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (Gen. 11:10‑26)
Eber.
Num. 24:24• 24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and afflict Asshur, and afflict Eber, and he also shall be for destruction. (Num. 24:24)
the brother.
Gen. 10:2• 2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Gen. 10:2)
• The first place assigned to Shem, in the usual formula of “Shem, Ham, and Japheth,” is due not to the order of birth, but to the spiritual purpose which gave Shem that position (chap. 5: 32, 6:10, 7:13, 9:18, 10:1). When, however, “the generations” are given in detail, Japheth's sons are enumerated first; and a similar order prevails in 1 Chron. 1. If primogeniture here in Japheth had its honor, if precocity in his rising to political place and natural power is recognized in Ham, for Shem was reserved, though named last, the honor Godward. (“Genesis 10:21” by W. Kelly)
• He is specified, on the one hand as the father of all the sons of Eber, and on the other as the brother of Japheth the elder (or, great one). Of the latter enough has been said; but we may compare Gen. 14:13, “Abram the Hebrew,” in order to understand better what seems meant. And here the LXX give ὁ περαίτης, “the passer,” as Aquila has ὁ περαίτης. This at least gives a distinctive stamp, where as only tradition does it to Eber personally. (“Genesis 10:21” by W. Kelly)
• Herein lies the real and superior dignity of Shem. Messiah is to come of his stock; as Canaan was accursed, not Ham wholly, but Canaan; so the living oracle said, “Blessed be Jehovah the God of Shem.” (“Genesis 10:21” by W. Kelly)
• In verse 21 a notable mark was set upon Eber, when his forefather was introduced in the unusual terms of “father of all the children, or sons, of Eber,” though several generations after, not Arphaxad's, nor Salah's, but Eber's. So contrariwise, though not so strikingly perhaps, Ham had to bear the shame of being designated “father of Canaan” (chap. ix. 18). (“Genesis 10:25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And to Shem—to him also were sons born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

W. Kelly Translation

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And to Shem also were [sons] born: he [was] father of all the sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder.