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Genesis 10:31

Shem

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

30 Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

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BSB
These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
KJV
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
WEB
These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
ASV
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
DARBY
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
BLB
These [are] the sons of Shem, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
ÅB
Dette var Sems barn etter sine slekter, med sine tungemål, i sine land, i sine folkeslag.
OTB
Dette er sønnene til Sem, etter deres klaner, språk, land og nasjoner.
B1930
Dette var Sems barn efter sine ætter, med sine tungemål, i sine land, i sine folkeslag.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 10:5

    From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

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  • Genesis 10:20

    These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

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  • Acts 17:26

    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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