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Genesis 9:19

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הsheloshahthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).אֵ֖לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).בְּנֵיbenesonבֵּןnoun, 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, […נֹ֑חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּהumeelehand from theseאֵלֶּהconjunction, preposition, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “and from these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).נָֽפְצָ֥הnafetsahdashנָפַץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “dash”, a completed actionH5310to dash to pieces, or scatterbe beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.

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American Standard Version (1901)

These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.

Young’s Literal Translation

These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

World English Bible

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

Darby Translation

These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.

Douay-Rheims

These three are the sons of Noe: and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τρεῖς οὗτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ Νῶε· ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν.