Genesis 10 · Verse 18

Genesis 10:18

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Genesis 10:18, King James Version

Genesis 10:18 in other translations

BSBthe Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,
WEBthe Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
ASVand the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
YLTand the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.
DARBYand the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterwards the families of the Canaanites spread themselves abroad.
BBEAnd the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions;
WebsterAnd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites dispersed.

What does Genesis 10:18 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32

The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a…

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Genesis 10:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָֽאַרְוָדִ֥יha.'ar.va.Dithe Arvadite[s]H721
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַצְּמָרִ֖יha.tze.ma.Rithe Zemarite[s]H6786
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַֽחֲמָתִ֑יha.cha.ma.Tithe Hamathite[s]H2577
וְאַחַ֣רve.'a.Charand afterH310
נָפֹ֔צוּna.Fo.tzuthey were scatteredH6327
מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹתmish.pe.Chot[the] clans ofH4940
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי\׃Ha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:18

  • 2 Kings 17:24

    And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

  • 2 Kings 17:30

    And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

  • Isaiah 10:9

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

  • Ezekiel 27:8

    The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

  • 2 Samuel 8:9

    When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

  • Joshua 18:22

    And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,

  • Ezekiel 47:16-17

    Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar–hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

  • Zechariah 9:2

    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:4

    And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

  • Numbers 34:8

    From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

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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

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Context

  • Genesis 10:17

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

  • Genesis 10:18

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

  • Genesis 10:19

    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.

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Genesis 10:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y al Aradio, y al Samareo, y al Amatheo: y después se derramaron las familias de los Cananeos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et l’Arvadien, et le Tsemarien, et le Hamathien. Et ensuite les familles des Cananéens se dispersèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und den Arwaditer und den Zemariter und den Hamathiter. Und nachher haben sich die Familien der Kanaaniter zerstreut.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et Aradium, Samaræum, et Amathæum: et post hæc disseminati sunt populi Chananæorum.