Genesis 10:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”

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BSBPD

“These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:20 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  2. Genesis 11:1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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