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Genesis 10 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Genesis 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Genesis 10 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָלַד yâlad H3205 9 bear young, beget
גּוֹי gôwy H1471 6 nation, a Gentile
שֵׁם shêm H8034 6 appellation, honor
מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh H4940 5 family, circle of relatives
יׇקְטָן Yoqṭân H3355 3 Joktan
יֶפֶת Yepheth H3315 3 Jepheth
עֵבֵר ʻÊbêr H5677 3 Eber

How preachers through history handled this text

6 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Calvin 1 John Wesley 1

“This chapter shows more particularly what was said in general (ch. ix. 19), concerning the three sons of Noah, that "of them was the whole earth overspread;" and the fruit of that blessing (ch. ix. 1, 7), "replenish the earth." Is is the only certain account extant of the origin of nations; and yet perhaps there is no nation but that of the Jews that can be confident from which of these seventy fountains (for so many there are here) it derives its streams. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Genesis 10:1–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Accad — Gen 10:10
  • Babel — Gen 10:10
  • Calneh 1 — Gen 10:10
  • Erech — Gen 10:10
  • Shinar — Gen 10:10
  • Assyria — Gen 10:11

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