Genesis 10:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת בְּנֵי־נֹ֔חַ שֵׁ֖ם חָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם בָּנִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃

Transliteration

And ʾēlleh tôlədôt bənê-nōaḥ Šēm Ḥām wāyāpet and wayyiwwālədû to them bānîm after hammabbûl

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction, prefixed - and
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*tôlədôt*: feminine plural noun, construct state - generations/descendants of
*bənê*: masculine plural noun, construct state - sons of
*nōaḥ*: proper noun - Noah
*Šēm*: proper noun - Shem
*Ḥām*: proper noun - Ham
*wāyāpet*: conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Japheth
*wayyiwwālədû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they were born
*lāhem*: preposition lə- with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
*bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
*ʾaḥar*: preposition - after
*hammabbûl*: definite article ha- + masculine singular noun - the flood

Word Meanings

*tôlədôt*: generations/descendants/genealogical history
*wayyiwwālədû*: were born/were begotten

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 2:4 : 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
Gen 5:1 : 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
Gen 9:1 : 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 9:7 : 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Gen 9:19 : 19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
Matt 1:1 : 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 6:10
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10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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Gen 9:18-19
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18And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
Gen 10:31-32
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84%
31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Gen 10:20-22
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20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
21And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
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Gen 11:10-11
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10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood:
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Gen 5:32
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32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 10:2-3
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80%
2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Gen 7:13
77%
13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
1 Chr 1:16-20
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16and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
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18And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Gen 10:6
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6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
1 Chr 1:23-25
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76%
23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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Gen 9:27-28
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27God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
1 Chr 1:7-8
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7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
8The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Gen 10:25-26
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25And unto 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.
26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Luke 3:36
73%
36the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamech,
Gen 9:23
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23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Gen 9:8
73%
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:1
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1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Gen 10:18
72%
18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.