Genesis 10:26

 Genesis 10:26

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

a. NLT: Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,  [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified:  Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Joktan begot Almodad. Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, jerah. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,”

a. [And] Joktan [Strong: 3355 Yoqtan yok-tawn' from 6994; he will be made little; Joktan, an Arabian patriarch:--Joktan.]

b. begat [Strong: 3205 yalad yaw-lad' a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:--bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).]

c. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

d. Almodad [Strong: 486 'Almowdad al-mo-dawd' probably of foreign derivation:--Almodad, a son of Joktan:--Almodad.]

d. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

e. [and] Sheleph [Strong: 8026 shelaph sheh'-lef from 8025; extract; Sheleph, a son of Jokthan:--Sheleph.]

f. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

g. [and] Hazarmaveth [Strong: 2700 Chatsarmaveth khats-ar-maw'-veth from 2691 and 4194; village of death; Chatsarmaveth, a place in Arabia:--Hazarmaveth.]

h. [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

i. [and] jerah [Strong: 3392 Yerach yeh'-rakh the same as 3391; Jerach, an Arabian patriarch:--Jerah.

1). This genealogy, Genesis 10:21-31 follows Arphaxad’s line down through his great grandson Joktan. Joktan had 13 sons: Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Didlah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, havilah, Jobab.

 

2). There is another genealogy of Shem listed in Genesis 11:10-26 that follows Arphaxad’s line down through Eber’s other son, Peleg. From Peleg, it follows through 5 generations down to Abram. See notes of Genesis 11:10-26.