1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
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Barnes' Notes
The sons of Shem - i. e., descendants. Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech (or Mash), are stated to have been “sons of Aram” Gen 10:23. Meshech is the reading of all the MSS., and is supported by the…
This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
(Gen 10:22-23). The Sons of Shem
17. The sons of Shem These occupied the middle geographical "zone."
Elam "Semites neither in blood nor in speech" (Sayce, Higher Criticism, p. 122). If this be so, the…
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