The Meaning of Genesis 10:1 Explained

Genesis 10:1

KJV: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

YLT: And these are births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

Darby: And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and to them were sons born after the flood.

ASV: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely , of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now these [are] the generations  of the sons  of Noah,  Shem,  Ham,  and Japheth:  and unto them were sons  born  after  the flood. 

What does Genesis 10:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 10

1  The generations of Noah
2  Japheth
6  Ham
8  Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan
21  The sons of Shem

What do the individual words in Genesis 10:1 mean?

And these [are] the generations the sons of Noah Shem Ham and Japheth And were born to them sons after the flood
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת בְּנֵי־ נֹ֔חַ שֵׁ֖ם חָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם בָּנִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת  the  generations 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
בְּנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נֹ֔חַ  of  Noah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: 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 the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
שֵׁ֖ם  Shem 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes.
חָ֣ם  Ham 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָם  
Sense: 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands.
וָיָ֑פֶת  and  Japheth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יֶפֶת  
Sense: the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia.
וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ  And  were  born 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
לָהֶ֛ם  to  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
בָּנִ֖ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַחַ֥ר  after 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
הַמַּבּֽוּל  the  flood 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַבּוּל  
Sense: .