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The Semites

Genesis 10:31

In 11 translations

BSB
These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
KJV
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
WEB
These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
ASV
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
LSV
These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
YLT
These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
DBY
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
DRC
These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, and countries in their nations.
GNV
These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countreis and nations.
JPS
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
LXXE
These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־שֵׁ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Οὗτοι υἱοὶ Σὴμ, ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν, κατὰ γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  • Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  • Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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