Genesis 10:32
Genesis 10:32 in Multiple Translations
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.
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.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.
These were all the tribes descended from Noah's sons, according to their genealogies and national groups. From these ancestors the different nations of the earth spread around the world after the flood.
These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.
These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.
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.
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.
These are the families of Noe, according to their peoples and nations. By these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.
All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own ◄genealogy/record of people’s ancestors► and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.
That is the big list of all the families and tribes that were born into Noah’s family. They split up into their own nations, and they went everywhere after the big flood.
Berean Amplified Bible — Genesis 10:32
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Genesis 10:32 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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אֵ֣לֶּה
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת
בְּנֵי
נֹ֛חַ
לְ/תוֹלְדֹתָ֖/ם
בְּ/גוֹיֵ/הֶ֑ם
וּ/מֵ/אֵ֜לֶּה
נִפְרְד֧וּ
הַ/גּוֹיִ֛ם
בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ
אַחַ֥ר
הַ/מַּבּֽוּל
אֵ֣לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
Pron
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת
mishpâchâh
H4940
family
N-fp
בְּנֵי
bên
H1121
son
N-mp
נֹ֛חַ
Nôach
H5146
Noah
N-proper
לְ/תוֹלְדֹתָ֖/ם
tôwlᵉdâh
H8435
generation
Prep | N-fp | Suff
בְּ/גוֹיֵ/הֶ֑ם
gôwy
H1471
Gentile
Prep | N-mp | Suff
וּ/מֵ/אֵ֜לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
Conj | Prep | Pron
נִפְרְד֧וּ
pârad
H6504
to separate
V-Niphal-Perf-3cp
הַ/גּוֹיִ֛ם
gôwy
H1471
Gentile
Art | N-mp
בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
Prep | N-cs
אַחַ֥ר
ʼachar
H310
after
Prep
הַ/מַּבּֽוּל
mabbûwl
H3999
flood
Art | N-ms
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Hebrew Word Reference — Genesis 10:32
אֵ֣לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
"these"
Pron
This Hebrew word is used to point out specific people or things, like saying 'these' or 'those'. It appears in the book of Genesis, where God says 'let there be light' and separates the light from the darkness.
Definition: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)
Usage: Occurs in 697 OT verses. KJV: an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m). See also: Genesis 2:4; Exodus 35:1; Deuteronomy 1:35.
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת
mishpâchâh
H4940
"family"
N-fp
This word refers to a family or clan, and can also mean a tribe or nation, such as the people of Israel, emphasizing the importance of family ties.
Definition: 1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats
Usage: Occurs in 224 OT verses. KJV: family, kind(-red). See also: Genesis 8:19; Numbers 26:41; Esther 9:28.
בְּנֵי
bên
H1121
"son"
N-mp
In the Bible, this word means a son or descendant, and can also refer to a grandson, nation, or quality. It appears in 1 Chronicles 24, describing a Levite named Beno. The word is used to show family relationships and inheritance.
Definition: : child/son
Usage: Occurs in 3653 OT verses. KJV: [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth. See also: Genesis 3:16; Genesis 23:3; Genesis 34:18.
נֹ֛חַ
Nôach
H5146
"Noah"
N-proper
Noah, the patriarch who built the ark to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the flood, is the namesake of this Hebrew word. He is first mentioned in Genesis 5:29 as the son of Lamech. His story is a crucial part of biblical history.
Definition: A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29; son of: Lamech (H3929H); father of: Shem (H8035), Ham (H2526) and Japheth (H3315) Also named: Nōe (Νῶε "Noah" G3575) § Noah = "rest" son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
Usage: Occurs in 39 OT verses. KJV: Noah. See also: Genesis 5:29; Genesis 8:11; Isaiah 54:9.
לְ/תוֹלְדֹתָ֖/ם
tôwlᵉdâh
H8435
"generation"
Prep | N-fp | Suff
This Hebrew word refers to a family's history or descendants, like a genealogy list. It appears in the Bible to describe a person's heritage or the passage of time. In 1 Chronicles, it's used to list the generations of Israelites.
Definition: 1) descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies 1a) account of men and their descendants 1a1) genealogical list of one's descendants 1a2) one's contemporaries 1a3) course of history (of creation etc) 1b) begetting or account of heaven (metaph)
Usage: Occurs in 39 OT verses. KJV: birth, generations. See also: Genesis 2:4; Numbers 1:26; 1 Chronicles 26:31.
בְּ/גוֹיֵ/הֶ֑ם
gôwy
H1471
"Gentile"
Prep | N-mp | Suff
This word refers to a Gentile, someone who is not Hebrew or Israeli. It can also describe a large group of animals or a nation of people, emphasizing their unity and shared identity.
Definition: 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) 1c) Goyim? = "nations" Also named: ethnos (ἔθνος "Gentiles" G1484)
Usage: Occurs in 511 OT verses. KJV: Gentile, heathen, nation, people. See also: Genesis 10:5; Judges 4:16; Psalms 2:1.
וּ/מֵ/אֵ֜לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
"these"
Conj | Prep | Pron
This Hebrew word is used to point out specific people or things, like saying 'these' or 'those'. It appears in the book of Genesis, where God says 'let there be light' and separates the light from the darkness.
Definition: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)
Usage: Occurs in 697 OT verses. KJV: an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m). See also: Genesis 2:4; Exodus 35:1; Deuteronomy 1:35.
נִפְרְד֧וּ
pârad
H6504
"to separate"
V-Niphal-Perf-3cp
To separate or divide, as seen in Exodus when God parted the Red Sea. It can also mean to scatter or disperse, like when the Israelites were sent out of Egypt. This verb is used in various forms throughout the Old Testament.
Definition: 1) to separate, divide 1a) (Qal) to divide 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to divide, separate 1b2) to be divided, be separated 1c) (Piel) to be separated 1d) (Pual) to be divided 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to divide, separate 1e2) to make a division, make a separation 1f) (Hithpael) to be divided, be separated, get separated Aramaic equivalent: be.dar (בְּדַר "to scatter" H0921)
Usage: Occurs in 26 OT verses. KJV: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder. See also: Genesis 2:10; Nehemiah 4:13; Psalms 22:15.
הַ/גּוֹיִ֛ם
gôwy
H1471
"Gentile"
Art | N-mp
This word refers to a Gentile, someone who is not Hebrew or Israeli. It can also describe a large group of animals or a nation of people, emphasizing their unity and shared identity.
Definition: 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) 1c) Goyim? = "nations" Also named: ethnos (ἔθνος "Gentiles" G1484)
Usage: Occurs in 511 OT verses. KJV: Gentile, heathen, nation, people. See also: Genesis 10:5; Judges 4:16; Psalms 2:1.
בָּ/אָ֖רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
"land"
Prep | N-cs
The land or earth refers to the soil or ground, and can also mean a country, territory, or region. In the Bible, it is used to describe the earth and its inhabitants, and is often translated as 'land' or 'country'.
Definition: : soil 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan
Usage: Occurs in 2190 OT verses. KJV: [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world. See also: Genesis 1:1; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 42:13.
אַחַ֥ר
ʼachar
H310
"after"
Prep
Achar means backwards or after, used to describe something that happens later or in the rear. It is used in various senses in the Bible, including in 1 Kings 12:18.
Definition: 1) after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time) 1a) as an adverb 1a1) behind (of place) 1a2) afterwards (of time) 1b) as a preposition 1b1) behind, after (of place) 1b2) after (of time) 1b3) besides 1c) as a conjunction 1c) after that 1d) as a substantive 1d1) hinder part 1e) with other prepositions 1e1) from behind 1e2) from following after
Usage: Occurs in 664 OT verses. KJV: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with. See also: Genesis 5:4; Exodus 18:2; Joshua 8:14.
הַ/מַּבּֽוּל
mabbûwl
H3999
"flood"
Art | N-ms
The Hebrew word for a massive flood, like the one in Noah's time that covered the entire earth in water. It appears in the story of Noah's Ark in Genesis. This flood lasted about a year.
Definition: 1) flood, deluge. 1a) Noah's flood that submerged the entire planet earth under water for about a year
Usage: Occurs in 12 OT verses. KJV: flood. See also: Genesis 6:17; Genesis 9:15; Psalms 29:10.
Study Notes — Genesis 10:32
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Context — The Semites
30Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
32All 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.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis 9:19 | These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. |
| 2 | Acts 17:26 | From 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. |
| 3 | Genesis 10:1 | This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. |
| 4 | Genesis 5:29–31 | And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.” And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died. |
| 5 | Genesis 10:20 | These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. |
| 6 | Genesis 9:1 | And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. |
| 7 | Genesis 10:25 | Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. |
| 8 | Genesis 9:7 | But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” |
| 9 | Genesis 10:31 | These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. |
Genesis 10:32 Summary
Genesis 10:32 tells us that after the flood, the sons of Noah and their families spread out across the earth and formed different nations. This is a reminder that God is the creator of all people and nations, and that He has a plan for each one (as seen in Psalm 67:1-7 and Revelation 7:9). As we read this verse, we can remember that we are all part of a larger family, and that God loves and cares for every nation and people group. By trusting in God's sovereignty and love, we can learn to appreciate and celebrate the diversity of nations and cultures that He has created (Romans 11:33-36).
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean that the nations of the earth spread out after the flood?
This refers to the fact that after the flood, God commanded Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply, and as they did, they formed different nations and spread out across the earth, as seen in Genesis 9:1 and Genesis 10:32.
How do the clans of Noah's sons relate to the modern nations of the world?
The clans of Noah's sons, as listed in Genesis 10, are the ancestors of many modern nations, and understanding their relationships can provide insight into the diversity and complexity of human history, as seen in Genesis 10:5 and Genesis 11:10-26.
What is the significance of the phrase 'according to their generations and nations'?
This phrase highlights the fact that God is concerned with the specific details of human history and the development of nations, and that He is actively involved in shaping the course of human events, as seen in Genesis 12:2-3 and Acts 17:26-27.
How does this verse relate to the rest of the biblical narrative?
Genesis 10:32 serves as a bridge between the early history of humanity, including the flood, and the later stories of the Bible, such as the call of Abraham and the formation of the nation of Israel, as seen in Genesis 12:1-3 and Romans 4:1-25.
Reflection Questions
- What does it mean for me to be a part of a larger family of nations, and how should I respond to this reality?
- How can I trust in God's sovereignty over the nations and His plan for human history, even when I don't understand the specifics?
- In what ways can I reflect God's heart for the nations, as seen in Genesis 10:32, in my own life and community?
- What are some ways that the diversity of nations and cultures can be a blessing, rather than a curse, and how can I celebrate and appreciate this diversity?
Gill's Exposition on Genesis 10:32
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations,.... This is the account of their families, from whom the several nations of the earth sprung: and by these were
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 10:32
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.
Ellicott's Commentary on Genesis 10:32
(32) After their generations.—Heb., according to their Tτldτth. This makes it probable that each family preserved in some way an historical record of its descent; and as this table is called the Tτldτth of the Sons of Noah, it was probably formed by a comparison of numerous Tτldτth, each showing the descent of various members of the three great families into which the sons of Noah were divided.
Cambridge Bible on Genesis 10:32
32. of these were the nations divided] Cf. Genesis 10:1, Genesis 9:19. The word rendered “divided” is different from that in Genesis 10:25, but is the same as that which is found in Genesis 10:5. Looking back we can discern the object of the compiler in demonstrating (1) the unity of the race through Noah; (2) the origin of the peoples through his sons; (3) the origin of Israel through Shem and Eber.
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His Name -- the Counsellor by C.H. Spurgeon | In this sermon, the preacher discusses the title given to Christ as a counselor. He explains that Christ is a counselor in three ways: as God's counselor, as our counselor in times |
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(Genesis) Genesis 10:8-32 by J. Vernon McGee | In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of studying the story of the flood in the Bible. He suggests that this chapter provides a rich study of the human family and o |
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(The Works of Faith) Learning to Be Content by Zac Poonen | In this sermon, the speaker emphasizes the importance of embracing suffering and obedience on earth. They warn against avoiding suffering because it can hinder opportunities for sp |
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Evolution - Foundation for the Antichrist 1 by Kent Hovind | This sermon delves into the dangerous implications of evolution as a foundation for ideologies like racism, genocide, and totalitarianism. It explores how influential figures like |
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(Genesis) 20 - the Table of Nations; or the History of the Sons of Noah by S. Lewis Johnson | S. Lewis Johnson explores Genesis chapter 10, known as the Table of Nations, emphasizing its significance in understanding God's providence in history and the unity of mankind. He |
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Apostolic Foundations (1 of 12) by Art Katz | In this sermon, the speaker contemplates the opportunity to address a group of worldly men with the wisdom of God. He describes the suffering and persecution faced by the apostles, |