King James Version

Genesis 10:22

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

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בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […שֵׁ֖םshemShemשֵׁםnoun, proper name — “Shem”H8035Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)Sem, Shem.עֵילָ֣םeylamElamעֵילָםnoun, proper name — “Elam”H5867Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six IsraelitesElam.וְאַשּׁ֑וּרveashurand Assyriaאַשּׁוּרconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Assyria”H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empireAsshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖דvearpakhshadand Arphaxadאַרְפַּכְשַׁדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Arphaxad”H775Arpakshad, a son of Noah; also the region settled by himArphaxad.וְל֥וּדveludand Ludלוּדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Lud”H3865Lud, the name of two nationsLud, Lydia.וַֽאֲרָֽםvaaramand Aramאֲרָםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Aram”H758Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an IsraeliteAram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

World English Bible

The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Darby Translation

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Douay-Rheims

The sons of Sem: Elam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Υἱοὶ Σὴμ, Ἐλὰμ, καὶ Ἀσσοὺρ, καὶ Ἀρφαξὰδ, καὶ Λοὺδ, καὶ Ἀρὰμ, καὶ Καϊνᾶν.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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