The Meaning of Genesis 10:20 Explained

Genesis 10:20

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

YLT: These are sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

Darby: These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

ASV: These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 10:20 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 10:20 mean?

These [were] the sons of Ham according to their families according to their languages in their lands in their nations -
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־ חָ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם ס

אֵ֣לֶּה  These  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְנֵי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
חָ֔ם  of  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.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם  according  to  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑ם  according  to  their  languages 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לָשֹׁון  
Sense: tongue.
בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם  in  their  lands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם  in  their  nations 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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