Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Genesis 10

Verse Navigation

Chapter 10

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

are the

2:4 5:1 6:9 Matthew 1:1

and unto

9:1,7,19

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

21 1 Chronicles 1:5-7 Isaiah 66:19 Ezekiel 27:7,12-14,19 38:2,6,15 39:1 Revelation 20:8

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

A. M. 1666. B.C. 2338. Kittim

Numbers 24:24 Isaiah 23:1,12 Daniel 11:30

Chittim

Dodanim. or, Rodanim.

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

A. M. 1757. B.C. 2247. isles

25 Psalms 72:10 Isaiah 24:15 40:15 41:5 42:4,10 49:1 51:5 59:18 Isaiah 60:9 Jeremiah 2:10 25:22 Zephaniah 2:11

after his

20 11:1-9

And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

A. M. 1676. B.C. 2228. And the

9:22 1 Chronicles 1:8-16 4:40 Psalms 78:51 105:23,27 106:22

Ham

Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly significant of the regions allotted to his family. To the Cushites, or descendants of Cush, were allotted the hot southern regions of Asia, along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Susiana or Chusistan, etc.; to the sons of Canaan, Palestine and Syria; to the sons of Mizraim, Egypt and Libya, in Africa.

Cush

Isaiah 11:11

Phut

Jeremiah 46:9 *marg:; Ezekiel 27:10

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

Seba

Psalms 72:10

Havilah

2:11

Sheba

1 Kings 10:1 Ezekiel 27:22

Dedan

Isaiah 21:13 Ezekiel 27:15

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

A. M. 1715. B.C. 2289. Nimrod

Micah 5:6

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

a mighty

6:4 25:27 27:30 27:30 Jeremiah 16:16 Ezekiel 13:18 Micah 7:2

before the Lord

6:11 13:13

Even

2 Chronicles 28:22 Psalms 52:7

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

A. M. 1745. B.C. 2259. And the

Jeremiah 50:21 Micah 5:6

Babel

Gr. Babylon.

11:9 Isaiah 39:1 Micah 4:10

Calneh

Isaiah 10:9 Amos 6:2

Shinar

11:2 14:1 Isaiah 11:11 Daniel 1:2 Zechariah 5:11

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

A. M. 1700. B.C. 2304. went forth Asshur. or, he went out into Assyria

Micah 5:6

Asshur

Numbers 24:22,24 Ezra 4:2 Psalms 83:8 Ezekiel 27:23 32:22 Hosea 14:3

Nineveh

2 Kings 19:36 Isaiah 37:37 Jonah 1:2 3:1-10 Nahum 1:1 2:8 3:7 Zephaniah 2:13

the city of

or, the streets of the city.

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Ludim

1 Chronicles 1:11,12 Jeremiah 46:9 Ezekiel 30:5

And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

Pathrusim

Isaiah 11:11 Jeremiah 44:1

Philistim

1 Chronicles 1:12 Jeremiah 47:4

Caphtorim

Deuteronomy 2:23 Jeremiah 47:4 Amos 9:7

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Canaan

1 Chronicles 1:13

Sidon

Heb. Tzidon.

49:13 Joshua 11:8 Isaiah 23:4

Zidon

Heth.

15:18-21 28:3-20 Exodus 3:8 34:11 Numbers 34:2-15 Joshua 12:8-24 2 Samuel 11:3

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

Jebusite

Judges 1:21 2 Samuel 24:18 Zechariah 9:7

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

Hivite

34:2

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Arvadite

Ezekiel 27:8

Zemarite

Joshua 18:22 2 Chronicles 13:4

Hamathite

Numbers 34:8 2 Samuel 8:9 2 Kings 17:24,30 Isaiah 10:9 Ezekiel 47:16,17 Zechariah 9:2

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

And the

13:12-17 15:18-21 Numbers 34:2-15 Deuteronomy 32:8 Joshua 12:7,8 14:1-21

as thou comest

13:10

Gerar

Genesis 20:1 26:1

Gaza

Heb. Azzah.

Judges 16:1 Jeremiah 25:20

Sodom

13:10-13 14:2 18:20 19:24,25 Hosea 11:8

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

6 11:1-9

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Shem

Shem signifies name or renown; and his, indeed, was great both in a temporal and spiritual sense, inasmuch as he was destined to be the lineal ancestor of the promised Seed of the woman, to which Noah might allude in his pious ejaculation, ch. 9:26.

the father

11:10-26

Eber

Numbers 24:24

the brother

Verse 22

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

children

9:26 1 Chronicles 1:17-27

Elam

14:1-9 2 Kings 15:19 Job 1:17 Isaiah 11:11 21:2 22:6 Jeremiah 25:25 Jeremiah 49:34-39 Acts 2:9

Arphaxad

Heb. Arpachshad. Lud.

Isaiah 66:19

Aram

Numbers 23:7

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Uz

Job 1:1 Jeremiah 25:20

And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

Salah

Heb. Shelah.

11:12-15

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

A. M. 1757. B.C. 2247. Eber

21 1 Chronicles 1:19

the name

11:16-19 Luke 3:35,36

Peleg

i.e., division. in.

32 Deuteronomy 32:8 Acts 17:26

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

1 Chronicles 1:20-28

And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1 Chronicles 1:20-28

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

A. M. cir. 1797. B.C. cir. 2207

25:3 1 Kings 10:1 1 Chronicles 1:20-28

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

Ophir

1 Kings 9:28 22:48 1 Chronicles 8:18 9:10,13 Job 22:24 28:16 Psalms 45:9 Isaiah 13:12

Havilah

2:11 25:18 1 Samuel 15:7

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

mount of the east

Numbers 23:7

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

5,20 Acts 17:26

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

are the

1,20,31 5:29-31

and by

Any man who can barely read his Bible, and has but heard of such people as the Assyrians, Elamites, Lydians, Medes, Ionians, and Thracians, will readily acknowledge that Asshur, Elam, Lud, Madai, Javan, and Tiras, grandsons of Noah, were their respective founders.

nations

25 9:1,7,19 Acts 17:26