Genesis 10:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־שֵׁ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾēlleh bənê-Šēm ləmišpəḥōtām lilšōnōtām bəʾarṣōtām ləgôyêhem

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*bənê-Šēm*: masculine plural noun, construct state + proper noun - sons of Shem
*lə-mišpəḥōtām*: preposition lə- + feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their families
*li-lšōnōtām*: preposition lə- + masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their languages
*bə-ʾarṣōtām*: preposition bə- + feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their lands
*lə-gôyêhem*: preposition lə- + masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their nations

Word Meanings

*bənê*: sons/descendants

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 10:5 : 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Gen 10:20 : 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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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.
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Gen 10:32
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Gen 10:1-7
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1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, [namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
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3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
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Gen 11:9-11
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9Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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Gen 10:29-30
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Gen 10:18
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7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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