These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
Parallel translations
- KJV These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
- BSB All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- NKJV These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
- NASB These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.
- NLT These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
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Quick answer
These are the families of Noah's sons, from whom the nations divided across the earth after the flood. The Table of Nations concludes.
Overview
The verse summarizes the whole Table, affirming that all the nations of the earth descend from Noah's sons. This grand survey establishes the unity and diversity of humanity under God's sovereign ordering. It sets the stage for Babel and for God's call of Abraham, through whom He purposes to bless all these very nations in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
- Acts 17:26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Gen 10:1Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
- Gen 5:29–31He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”
- Gen 10:25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
- Gen 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
- Gen 9:7Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
- Gen 9:1God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Gen 10:31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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