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10:10 b Ge 11:9 c Ge 11:2
10:11 d Ps 83:8 ; Mic 5:6 e Jnh 1:2 ; 4:11 ;
Na 1:1
10:14 f Ge 21:32 , 34 ; 26:1 , 8
10:15 g ver 6 ; Ge 9:18 h Eze 28:21
i Ge 23:3 , 20
10:16 j 1Ch 11:4
10:18 k Ge 12:6 ; Ex 13:11
10:19 l Ge 11:31 ; 13:12 ; 17:8 m ver 15
10:21 n ver 24 ; Nu 24:24
10:22 o Jer 49:34 p Lk 3:36
10:23 q Job 1:1 10:24 r ver 21
8 Cush was the fa ther a of Nim rod , who be came a mighty war rior on the earth . 9 He was a mighty hunter be fore the Lord ; that is why it is said , “ Like Nim rod , a mighty hunter be fore the Lord .” 10 The first cen ters of his king dom were Bab ylon , b Uruk , Ak kad and Kal neh , in b Shinar . c c 11 From that land he went to As syria , d where he built Nineveh , e
Rehoboth Ir , d
Calah 12 and Resen , which is between Nineveh and Calah — which is the great city .
13 Egypt was the fa ther of the Lu dites , An a mites , Le ha bites , Naph tu hites , 14 Path ru sites , Kas lu hites ( from whom the Philistines f came ) and Caphtorites .
15 Canaan g was the fa ther of
Sidon h his first born , e and of the Hit tites , i 16 Jebusites , j
Amorites , Girgashites , 17 Hivites , Arkites , Sinites , 18 Arvadites , Zemarites and Hamathites .
Later the Canaanite k clans scattered 19 and the bor ders of Ca naan l reached from Si don m to ward Ge rar as far as Gaza , and then to ward Sodom , Go mor rah , Ad mah and Ze boyim , as far as Lasha .
20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and lan guages , in their ter ri to ries and nations .
The Semites 10:21-31pp — Ge 11:10-27 ; 1Ch 1:17-27
21 Sons were also born to Shem , whose older brother was f Ja pheth ; Shem was the an cestor of all the sons of Eber . n
22 The sons of Shem : Elam , o Ashur , Ar phaxad , p Lud and Aram .
23 The sons of Aram : Uz , q Hul , Ge ther and Me shek . g 24 Ar phaxad was the fa ther of h Shelah , and She lah the fa ther of Eber . r
25 Two sons were born to Eber : One was named Peleg , i be cause in his time the earth was di vided ; his brother was named Joktan .
26 Jok tan was the fa ther of Almodad , Sheleph , Hazarmaveth , Jerah , 27 Hadoram , Uzal , Diklah , 28 Obal , Abimael , Sheba , 29 Ophir , Havilah and Jobab . All these were sons of Joktan .
a 8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder ; also in verses 13 , 15 , 24 and 26 . b 10 Or Uruk and Akkad — all of
them in c 10 That is , Babylonia d 11 Or Nineveh with its city squares e 15 Or of the Sidonians , the foremost f 21 Or Shem , the older brother of g 23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron . 1:17 ; Hebrew Mash . h 24 Hebrew ; Septuagint
father of Cainan , and Cainan was the father of i 25 Peleg means division .
with Sheba in the south ( 1 Kgs 10:1 – 13 ; 2 Chr 9:1 – 12 ) and Dedan in the north . 10:8 Nimrod . In Hebrew this name uses a verbal form meaning “ to rebel .” He is connected with warfare , hunting , and ruling cities in Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq ). He is a mighty hunter and kingdom builder ( vv . 9 – 12 ), and his name may suggest that he is “ against Yahweh .” Later , both the Assyrians and the Bab ylonians are responsible for the destruction of Israel and Judah , respectively . In the light of how violence is picked up in the early chapters of Genesis , Nimrod appears to be the antithesis of what God wants , using power to build cities and kingdoms that stand in opposition to God ’ s kingdom and city . 10:10 Nimrod ’ s lordship of Bab ylon and Shinar ( the ancient name for Bab ylonia ) may suggest a connection with the tower of Babel ( 11:2,9 ; see note on 11:9 ). Uruk [ Erech ], Akkad and Kalneh . The region of Bab ylon along the southern Euphrates River . 10:11 Assyria . Along the Tigris River north of Uruk , Akkad , and Kalneh . Nineveh . A capital of Assyria . Rehoboth Ir . The Hebrew means “ squares / spaces of ( the ) city ” ( see NIV text note ). Calah . An Assyrian city . 10:12 Resen . Unknown . 10:13 – 14 The names are organized according to the number of consonants they contain rather than any geographic relationship . Ludites . Lydia in western Turkey . Anamites . Unknown . Lehabites . May be Libyans , though the name is spelled differently elsewhere ( 2 Chr 12:3 ; 16:8 ; Isa 66:19 ; Ezek 30:5 ; Dan 11:43 ; Nah 3:9 ). Naphtuhites , Pathrusites , Kasluhites . Associated with the delta , southern Egypt , and elsewhere in northern Egypt ( before Kasluhites moved to Greek islands , possibly where the Philistines came from ). Caphtorites . Cretans . 10:15 – 19 Sidon . A coastal Lebanese city ; Sidonians is another name for Phoenicians . Hittites , Jebusites , Amorites , Girgashites , Hivites . Inhabitants of Canaan who are to be removed when God gives the land to Israel ( Deut 7:1 ; Josh 3:10 ). They probably originated in south Turkey ( the Hittites were a kingdom in Turkey ) and northwest Syria ( if the Amorites are Amurru [ Josh 13:4 ] and not the inhabitants of the hill country near the Jordan River [ Deut 1:4,7 ]). Arkites , Sinites , Arvadites , Zemarites and Hamathites . Kingdoms in northwest Syria . Canaan . An area known in Egyptian records of the second millennium BC and in early biblical texts ( Num 13:17,21 – 22 ; 34:3 – 12 ; Josh 1:4 ) but not later . Gaza . Ancient and modern city at the southern boundary of Canaan along the Mediterranean . The eastern border of Canaan is the Jordan Valley , with Sodom , Gomorrah , Admah and Zeboyim ( 14:2,8 ) southward and Lasha ( Israelite Dan ; Judg 18:29 ) in the north . 10:21 – 31 Ch . 11 repeats these descendants except for Joktan , the brother of Peleg ( whose name means “ divide , division ”; see v . 25 ). Most of the places are east of the land of Israel . 10:22 sons of Shem . Shem is the origin of the term Semite . Elam . At the Persian Gulf . Ashur . A capital of Assyria ( see v . 11 and note ). Aram . The Arameans north and east of the land of Israel . 10:23 Uz . Job ’ s land ( Job 1:1 ). Hul , Gether . Appear elsewhere only in 1 Chr 1:17 . Meshek . See note on v . 2 . 10:25 Eber . This is the name from which the term “ Hebrew ” is derived . the earth was divided . This may refer to the division of people in 11:1 – 9 ( see 10:8 – 12 and notes ). 10:26 Joktan . Most of the descendants of Joktan are unknown . 10:27 Hadoram . Related to Syrian Hamath ( v . 18 ; 1 Chr 18:9 – 10 ). Uzal . Associated with Danites and Greeks ( Ezek 27:19 “ Izal ”). 10:28 Sheba . See v . 7 and note . 10:29 Ophir . Coastal land famous for gold ( 1 Kgs 9:28 ; 10:11 ; 22:48 ). Havilah . See v . 7 ; 2:10 – 14 and notes . Jobab . The name of an Edomite king ( 36:33 ; 1 Chr 1:44 ) and a king of Madon , north of the land of Israel ( Josh 11:1 ).