Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 10:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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Role in This Section
Shem's first generation names Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram, combining peoples and regions east and north of Israel.
Read It With
- Genesis 10:1–32
Read verses 21–25 and 31. Verse 21 introduces Eber, verse 22 gives the first branch, verses 23–25 narrow through Aram and Arphaxad, and verse 31 summarizes languages, lands, and nations.
Why It Needs Context
The names do not correspond neatly to one modern language family or race despite the later term Semitic.
Read Genesis 10:21–23 together
Why these verses belong together: Shem's introduction and first branches prepare the selected line through Arphaxad and Eber.
Verse 21. 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Verse 22. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Verse 23. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Continue in Context
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Read Genesis 10:1–32 — The Families of the Nations Spread Across the EarthSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, genealogy, embedded notices, repeated summaries, and transition to Babel.
Exact location: Genesis 10:1–32 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Generations, families, tongues, lands, nations, Nimrod clauses, Asshur syntax, elder wording, and Peleg's division.
Exact location: Genesis 10:1–32 forms, lemmas, syntax, names, and verse structure in Gen.xml
Open source ↗