Genesis 10:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:31 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  2. Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  3. Acts 17:26From 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.

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

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