Genesis 10:21
Strong's Lexicon
And sons were also born
יֻלַּ֖ד (yul·laḏ)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

to Shem,
וּלְשֵׁ֥ם (ū·lə·šêm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8035: Shem = 'name' 1) the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes

the older
הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness n pr m 1j) (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

brother
אֲחִ֖י (’ă·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 251: 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

[of] Japheth;
יֶ֥פֶת (ye·p̄eṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3315: Japheth = 'opened' 1) 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

[Shem]
ה֑וּא ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

was the forefather
אֲבִי֙ (’ă·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

of all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

the sons
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Eber.
עֵ֔בֶר (‘ê·ḇer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5677: Eber or Heber = 'the region beyond' 1) son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan 2) a Gadite chief 3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim 4) a Benjamite, son of Shashak 5) a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

Young's Literal Translation
As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

New American Standard Bible
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, [and] the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

King James Bible
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

New Living Translation
Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

English Standard Version
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.

New American Standard Bible
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

King James Bible
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

International Standard Version
Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber.

NET Bible
And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.

American Standard Version
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

English Revised Version
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

Young's Literal Translation
As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
















Cross References
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Genesis 10:22
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Numbers 24:24
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Genesis 10:18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Genesis 10:23
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 10:24
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
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