Genesis 10 · Verse 22

Genesis 10:22

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:22, King James Version

Genesis 10:22 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
WEBThe sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
ASVThe sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
YLTSons of Shem are Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
DARBYThe sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
BBEThese are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
WebsterThe children of Shem; Elam, and Ashur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

What does Genesis 10:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Elam - From whom came the Elamites, near to the Medes, and whose chief city was Elymais. Asshur - Who gave his name to a vast province (afterwards a mighty empire) called Assyria. Arphaxad - From whom Arrapachitis in Assyria was named, according to some; or Artaxata in Armenia, on the frontiers of Media, according to others. Lud - The founder of the Lydians. In Asia Minor; or of the Ludim, who dwelt at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris, according to Arias Montanus. Aram - The father of the Arameans, afterwards called Syrians.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 10:22 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.

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
שֵׁ֖םshemShemH8035
עֵילָ֣ם'ei.Lam[were] ElamH5867
וְאַשּׁ֑וּרve.'a.Shurand AsshurH804
וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖דve.'ar.pakh.Shadand ArphaxadH775
וְל֥וּדve.Ludand LudH3865
וַֽאֲרָֽם\׃Va.'a.Ramand AramH758

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

Cross references for Genesis 10:22

  • Isaiah 66:19

    And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 2:9

    Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

  • Isaiah 21:2

    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  • Jeremiah 49:34-39

    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: …

  • Genesis 9:26

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

  • Isaiah 22:6

    And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

  • Jeremiah 25:25

    And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

  • Job 1:17

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Numbers 23:7

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  • Genesis 14:1-9

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. …

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17-27

    The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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

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Context

  • Genesis 10:21

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

  • Genesis 10:22

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

  • Genesis 10:23

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

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Genesis 10:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los hijos de Sem: Elam, y Assur, y Arphaxad, y Lud, y Aram.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les fils de Sem: Élam, et Assur, et Arpacshad, et Lud, et Aram.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Söhne Sems: Elam und Assur und Arpaksad und Lud und Aram.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii Sem: Ælam, et Assur, et Arphaxad, et Lud, et Aram.