Genesis Chapter 10 verse 21 Holy Bible
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
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And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
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And to Shem -- to him also were [sons] born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
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Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
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As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, - as Ham of Canaan (Genesis 9:22; vide ver. 24) - the brother of Japheth the elder. Either the eldest brother of Japheth (Syriac, Arabic, Vulgate, Gesenius, Rosenmüller, Kalisch); or the brother of Japheth who was older (LXX., Symmachus, Onkelos, Raschi, Aben Ezra, Luther, Clerieus, Michaelis, Dathe); or the elder of Japheth's brothers, as distinguished from Ham the younger, i.e. the son who was older than Ham, But younger than Japheth (Murphy, Quarry; vide Genesis 5:32). Even to him were children born.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21-23) shem . . . the brother of Japheth the elder.--Really, the elder brother of Japheth. Though the rules of Hebrew grammar will admit of no other rendering, it is remarkable that both the Syriac and the Vulg. make the same mistake as our own version. In designating Shem as "the father of all the children of Eber," attention is called to the fact that the descendants of Peleg, his elder son, are omitted from this table, and reserved for the Toldoth Shem. (See Genesis 11:10.)The nations descended from Shem were:--1. Elam.--According to Mr. Sayce (Chald. Gen., p. 196), "the primitive inhabitants of Elam were a race closely allied to the Accadians, and spread over the whole range of country which stretched from the southern shores of the Caspian to the Persian Gulf." But just as the Semitic Asshur expelled a Hamite race from Assyria, so another branch of this conquering family occupied Elymais. It is now called Chuzistan, and was the most easternly of the countries occupied by the Semites. But see Excursus to Genesis 14 on the conquests of the Elamite Chedorlaomer.2. Asshur.--This Semitic stock seems to have been the first to settle on the Tigris, as the Hamites were the first to settle on the Euphrates. Finally, as we have seen (Genesis 10:11), they conquered the whole country.3. Arphaxad.--Heb., Arpachshad. We may dismiss the idea that he was connected with the region called Arrapachitis, for this correctly is Aryapakshata, "the land next the Aryans." Really he appears as the ancestor of Eber and the Joktanite Arabs.4. Lud.--Probably the Lydians, who, after various wanderings, settled in Asia Minor.5. Aram.--As Asshur means plain, so Aram means highland. It was originally the name of the Lebanon ranges, and thus Damascus is called Aram in 2Samuel 8:5. Subsequently the race so extended itself as to possess Mesopotamia, a lowland country, but called, as early as Genesis 24:10, "Aram of the two rivers." The greatness of Aram will be best seen by examining those places in our version where Syria and Syrian are spoken of, and which, in the Hebrew, are really Aram. . . .
