Genesis 10 · Verse 28

Genesis 10:28

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Genesis 10:28, King James Version

Genesis 10:28 in other translations

BSBObal, Abimael, Sheba,
WEBObal, Abimael, Sheba,
ASVand Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
YLTand Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
DARBYand Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
BBEAnd Obal and Abimael and Sheba
WebsterAnd Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

What does Genesis 10:28 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 10:28 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עוֹבָ֥לo.ValObalH5745
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל'a.vi.ma.'ElAbimaelH39
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁבָֽא\׃she.Va'ShebaH7614

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

Cross references for Genesis 10:28

  • 1 Kings 10:1

    And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  • Genesis 25:3

    And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:20-28

    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. cir. 1797. B.C. cir. 2207.
25:3; 1Ki 10:1; 1Ch 1:20-28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 10:27

    And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

  • Genesis 10:28

    And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

  • Genesis 10:29

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

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Genesis 10:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á Obal, y á Abimael, y á Seba,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Obal, et Abimaël, et Sheba,
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Obal und Abimael und Scheba
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et Ebal, et Abimaël, Saba,