Genesis 10:26
New International Version
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

New Living Translation
Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

English Standard Version
Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Berean Standard Bible
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

King James Bible
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

New King James Version
Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

New American Standard Bible
Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

NASB 1995
Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

NASB 1977
And Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

Legacy Standard Bible
And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

Amplified Bible
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Christian Standard Bible
And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

American Standard Version
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yaqtan begot Elmodad and Shalaph, and Khetsarmuth, and Yarakh,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, Jare,

English Revised Version
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Good News Translation
The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

International Standard Version
Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

Literal Standard Version
And Joktan has begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Majority Standard Bible
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

New American Bible
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

NET Bible
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

New Revised Standard Version
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

New Heart English Bible
And Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

World English Bible
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Young's Literal Translation
And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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Context
The Semites
25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. 26And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,…

Cross References
Genesis 10:25
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 10:27
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

1 Chronicles 1:20
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,


Treasury of Scripture

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

1 Chronicles 1:20-28
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, …

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1. The generations of Noah.
2. Japheth.
6. Ham.
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21. The sons of Shem.














(26-31) Joktan.--"The little one," as being a younger son. Of the thirteen divisions of his family, few are of any importance, though several of the names are curious from their connection with the Arabic language. The Joktanite country was Arabia Felix, or Yemen, and as the people led a pastoral life without founding cities, the traces of their tribal names are insignificant. Those worth noting are Almodad, because it has the full form of the article, retained as Al in Arabic, but shortened in Hebrew into Ha. Hazarmaveth, "the court of death," so called because of the unhealthiness of its climate, is now Hadramaut. Abimael means "the father of Mael." While in Hebrew and Syriac men took the name of their father, in Arabic they often take the name of a son, with Abu or Abi ("father of") prefixed. Sheba, the region afterwards famous for its commerce and its wealth of spices and precious stones. A Sheba also occurs among the race of Ham (see Genesis 10:7). Opbir: the name, probably, at first of a district of Oman in Arabia, but afterwards given to some port in India or Ceylon, from some fancied similarity. Havilah: some commentators consider that this is the same district as that previously occupied by the Cushites (Genesis 10:7); others argue that the two Havilahs are distinct, and that this is the region called Chawlan, in Northern Yemen. It is, however, certain that the Hamites possessed this country prior to its being occupied by the Joktanites.

Verses 26-30. - And Joktan begat Almodad. Usually said to be Yemen. And Sheleph. The Salapenoi of Ptolemy, belonging to the interior of Arabia. And Hazarmaveth. Hadramaut, southeast of Arabia (Bochart, Michaelis). And Jerah. Contiguous to Hadramaut. And Hadoram. Adramitae of Ptolemy, or the Atramitae of Pliny (Bochart) And Uzal. Awzal, the capital of Yemen (Bochart). And Diklah. The palm-bearing region of Arabia Felix (Bochart); a tribe between the mouth of the Tiber and the Persian Gulf (Michaelis). And Obal, and Abimael, whose settlements are not known. And Sheba. Vide supra, ver. 7. And Ophir. In Arabia; probably in Oman, on the Persian Gulf (Michaelis, Rosenmüller, Kalisch, Keil), though it has also been located in India (Josephus, Vitringa, Gesenius, Delitzsch). The gold of Ophir celebrated (1 Kings 9:27, 28; 2 Chronicles 9:10, 13, 21). And Havilah. The Chaulan in Arabia Felix, but vide supra, ver. 7. And Jobab. The Jobabitae of Ptolemy, near the Indian Sea (Michaelis, Rosenmüller); but more probably a tribe in Arabia Deserta if Jobab - Arabic jebab, a desert (Bochart, Gesenius, Kalisch). All these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha. The seaport of Muza (Bochart); Messene, at the mouth of the Tigris (Michaelis, Rosenmüller, Kalisch). As thou goest into Zephar. Zafar or Dhafari, on the coast of the Hadramut. The difficulty of identifying a seaport town with a mountain is got over (Kalisch) by reading "to the" instead of a mount of the east - the thunderous range of hills in the vicinity.

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Hebrew
And Joktan
וְיָקְטָ֣ן (wə·yā·qə·ṭān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3355: Joktan -- a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes

was the father of
יָלַ֔ד (yā·laḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

Almodad,
אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד (’al·mō·w·ḏāḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 486: Almodad -- a son of Joktan, also his desc

Sheleph,
שָׁ֑לֶף (šā·lep̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8026: Sheleph -- 'drawn out', a son of Joktan and his desc

Hazarmaveth,
חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶת (ḥă·ṣar·mā·weṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2700: Hazarmaveth -- a son of Joktan, also his desc

Jerah,
יָֽרַח׃ (yā·raḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3392: Jerah -- a son of Joktan, also his desc


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