Passage Research
Genesis 10 — Sermon Preparation
The descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth are listed, tracing the spread of nations across the earth. 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.
- 32
- verses
- 287 / 144
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 6
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- 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.
“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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