1 The generations of Noah.
2 Japheth.
6 Ham.
8 Nimrod the first monarch, and the descendants of Canaan.
21 The sons of Shem.

are the. 2:4 5:1 6:9 Mt 1:1

and unto. 9:1,7,19

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

21 1Ch 1:5-7 Isa 66:19 Eze 27:7,12-14,19 38:2,6,15 39:1 Re 20:8

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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

A.M. 1666. B.C. 2338. Kittim. Nu 24:24 Isa 23:1,12 Da 11:30

Chittim. Dodanim. or, Rodanim.

5 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 Ps 72:10 Isa 24:15 40:15 41:5 42:4,10 49:1 51:5 59:18 Isa 60:9 Jer 2:10 25:22 Zep 2:11

after his. 20 11:1-9

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

A.M. 1676. B.C. 2228. And the. 9:22 1Ch 1:8-16 4:40 Ps 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. Isa 11:11

Phut. Jer 46:9 *marg: Eze 27:10

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

Seba. Ps 72:10

Havilah. 2:11

Sheba. 1Ki 10:1 Eze 27:22

Dedan. Isa 21:13 Eze 27:15

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

A.M. 1715. B.C. 2289. Nimrod. Mic 5:6

9 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 Jer 16:16 Eze 13:18 Mic 7:2

before the Lord. 6:11 13:13

Even. 2Ch 28:22 Ps 52:7

10 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. Jer 50:21 Mic 5:6

Babel. Gr. Babylon. 11:9 Isa 39:1 Mic 4:10

Calneh. Isa 10:9 Am 6:2

Shinar. 11:2 14:1 Isa 11:11 Da 1:2 Zec 5:11

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. Mic 5:6

Asshur. Nu 24:22,24 Ezr 4:2 Ps 83:8 Eze 27:23 32:22 Ho 14:3

Nineveh. 2Ki 19:36 Isa 37:37 Jon 1:2 3:1-10 Na 1:1 2:8 3:7 Zep 2:13

the city of. or, the streets of the city.

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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

Ludim. 1Ch 1:11,12 Jer 46:9 Eze 30:5

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

Pathrusim. Isa 11:11 Jer 44:1

Philistim. 1Ch 1:12 Jer 47:4

Caphtorim. De 2:23 Jer 47:4 Am 9:7

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

Canaan. 1Ch 1:13

Sidon. Heb. Tzidon. 49:13 Jos 11:8 Isa 23:4

Zidon. Heth. 15:18-21 28:3-20 Ex 3:8 34:11 Nu 34:2-15 Jos 12:8-24 2Sa 11:3

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

Jebusite. Jud 1:21 2Sa 24:18 Zec 9:7

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

Hivite. 34:2

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

Arvadite. Eze 27:8

Zemarite. Jos 18:22 2Ch 13:4

Hamathite. Nu 34:8 2Sa 8:9 2Ki 17:24,30 Isa 10:9 Eze 47:16,17 Zec 9:2

19 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 Nu 34:2-15 De 32:8 Jos 12:7,8 14:1-21:45

as thou comest. 13:10

Gerar. Ge 20:1 26:1

Gaza. Heb. Azzah. Jud 16:1 Jer 25:20

Sodom. 13:10-13 14:2 18:20 19:24,25 Ho 11:8

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

6 11:1-9

21 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. Nu 24:24

the brother. 2

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

children. 9:26 1Ch 1:17-27

Elam. 14:1-9 2Ki 15:19 Job 1:17 Isa 11:11 21:2 22:6 Jer 25:25 Jer 49:34-39 Ac 2:9

Arphaxad. Heb. Arpachshad. Lud. Isa 66:19

Aram. Nu 23:7

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

Uz. Job 1:1 Jer 25:20

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

Salah. Heb. Shelah. 11:12-15

25 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 1Ch 1:19

the name. 11:16-19 Lu 3:35,36

Peleg. i.e., division. in. 32 De 32:8 Ac 17:26

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

1Ch 1:20-28

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1Ch 1:20-28

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

A.M. cir. 1797. B.C. cir. 2207. 25:3 1Ki 10:1 1Ch 1:20-28

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

Ophir. 1Ki 9:28 22:48 1Ch 8:18 9:10,13 Job 22:24 28:16 Ps 45:9 Isa 13:12

Havilah. 2:11 25:18 1Sa 15:7

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

mount of the east. Nu 23:7

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

5,20 Ac 17:26

32 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 Ac 17:26