Genesis 10:23
New International Version
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

English Standard Version
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

King James Bible
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

New King James Version
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

NASB 1995
The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

NASB 1977
And the sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

Amplified Bible
the sons of Aram [ancestor of the Syrians]: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.

Christian Standard Bible
Aram’s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Aram’s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

American Standard Version
And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

English Revised Version
And the sons of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Aram's descendants were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Good News Translation
The descendants of Aram were the people of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.

International Standard Version
Aram's descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Majority Standard Bible
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

NET Bible
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

New Heart English Bible
The sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

World English Bible
The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Aram are Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Aram: Us and Hull, and Gether: and Mess.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sons of Aram were Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

New American Bible
The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.

New Revised Standard Version
The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the children of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the children of Aram: Uts and Khul and Gathar and Mash.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Semites
22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Luke 3:36
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

1 Chronicles 1:19
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

Genesis 11:10-26
This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. / And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. / When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. ...

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.

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

Genesis 11:8-9
So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city. / That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 11:1-2
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. / And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:4
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 11:6-7
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them. / Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 12:1-3
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”


Treasury of Scripture

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Uz.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Jeremiah 25:20
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

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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.














The sons of Aram
This phrase introduces the descendants of Aram, one of the sons of Shem, who was a son of Noah. Aram is significant as the progenitor of the Arameans, a Semitic people who played a crucial role in the history of the Near East. The Arameans are often mentioned in the Bible, and their language, Aramaic, became widely used in the region, even being the language spoken by Jesus. The mention of Aram here highlights the spread of Shem's descendants and their influence on the ancient world.

Uz
Uz is the first son listed and is traditionally associated with the land of Uz, which is mentioned in the Book of Job as Job's homeland. The exact location of Uz is debated, but it is often thought to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia. The name Uz may also be connected to wisdom and patience, as exemplified by Job, suggesting a legacy of spiritual depth and endurance.

Hul
Hul is a less well-known figure, and there is limited information about him in the Bible. However, his inclusion in this genealogy underscores the diversity and spread of Aram's descendants. Some scholars suggest that Hul's descendants may have settled in regions that later became known for their cultural and commercial activities, contributing to the rich tapestry of ancient Near Eastern civilizations.

Gether
Gether is another son of Aram, and like Hul, there is little specific information about him in the biblical text. The name Gether may be linked to the idea of gathering or assembly, possibly indicating a role in forming communities or tribes. This reflects the broader theme of Genesis 10, which is the dispersion and establishment of nations after the Flood.

Mash
Mash is the final son listed, and his name is sometimes rendered as Meshech in other translations. The descendants of Mash are thought to have settled in areas that later became known for their mountainous terrain, possibly in the region of the Taurus Mountains or the northern parts of Mesopotamia. This highlights the geographical spread and diversity of the peoples descended from Shem, fulfilling God's command to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" (Genesis 9:1).

Verse 23. - And the children of Aram; Uz, from whom was named the land of Uz (Job 1:1), south-east of Palestine, a tract of the Arabia Deserta. And Hul. In Armenia (Josephus); that part called Cholobetene, or house of Hul (Bochart); the Hylatae of Syria, near the Emesenes (Delitzsch); Coele-syria (Michaelis); Huleh, near the sources of the Jordan (Murphy). And Gether - of uncertain situation - and Mash - traced in Mous Masius of Armenia (Bochart).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The sons
וּבְנֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Aram:
אֲרָ֑ם (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria

Uz,
ע֥וּץ (‘ūṣ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5780: Uz -- a son of Aram, also a son of Nahor, also an Edomite, also perhaps a district East of Palestine

Hul,
וְח֖וּל (wə·ḥūl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2343: Hul -- a son of Aram

Gether,
וְגֶ֥תֶר (wə·ḡe·ṯer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1666: Gether -- a descendant of Shem

and Mash.
וָמַֽשׁ׃ (wā·maš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4851: Mash -- a son of Aram


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