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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 men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (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• 10Kings of Tarshish and of the sea-coasts shall bring an offering;{HR}Kings of Sheba and of Seba shall bring near a gift. (Psa. 72:10)
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Isa. 24:15• 15Wherefore glorify ye 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 counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the fine dust on the balance; 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 were afraid, drew near, and came. (Isa. 41:5)
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Isa. 42:4,10• 4He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment 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 the inhabitants thereof. (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 on mine arm shall they trust. (Isa. 51:5)
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Isa. 59:18• 18According to deeds, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (Isa. 59:18)
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Isa. 60:9• 9Surely the isles shall wait for 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 Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which 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 men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (Zeph. 2:11)
after his.
Gen. 10:20• 20These [are] 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 was of one language and the words one .
 2And it came to pass as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
 3And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and asphalt had they for mortar.
 4And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, whose top [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 sons of Man builded.
 6And Jehovah said, Behold, the people [are] one, and have all one language ; and this have they begun to do; and now they will not be hindered in all that they meditate to do.
 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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From these were separated the islesa of the nations in their lands, eachb after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, maritime districts.
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(man)