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Genesis 10

Gen. 10:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By these were the isles
'iy (Hebrew #339)
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
KJV usage: country, isle, island.
Pronounce: ee
Origin: from 183
b of the Gentiles
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
divided in
parad (Hebrew #6504)
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
KJV usage: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Pronounce: paw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
their lands
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
; every one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
after his tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; 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)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
, after their families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
, in their nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
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Jer. 2:10• 10For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing. (Jer. 2:10)
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Zeph. 2:11• 11Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place. (Zeph. 2:11)

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Gentiles,
Islands; Isles,
Tongues

Cross References

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A.M. 1757.
B.C. 2247.
isles.
Gen. 10:25• 25And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. (Gen. 10:25)
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Psa. 72:10• 10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute: (Psa. 72:10)
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Isa. 24:15• 15Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west. (Isa. 24:15)
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Isa. 40:15• 15Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom. (Isa. 40:15)
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Isa. 41:5• 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came. (Isa. 41:5)
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Isa. 42:4,10• 4He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
 10Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants. (Isa. 42:4,10)
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Isa. 49:1• 1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isa. 49:1)
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Isa. 51:5• 5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust. (Isa. 51:5)
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Isa. 59:18• 18According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isa. 59:18)
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Isa. 60:9• 9For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee. (Isa. 60:9)
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Jer. 2:10• 10For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing. (Jer. 2:10)
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Jer. 25:22• 22and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles that are beyond the sea; (Jer. 25:22)
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Zeph. 2:11• 11Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place. (Zeph. 2:11)
after his.
Gen. 10:20• 20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. (Gen. 10:20)
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Gen. 11:1‑9• 1And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
 2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.
 3And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
 4And they said, Come on, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, the top of which may reach to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
 5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
 6And Jehovah said, Behold, the people is one, and have all one language; and this have they begun to do. And now will they be hindered in nothing that they meditate doing.
 7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
 8And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
 9Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:1‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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From these came the distribution off the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "were separated."