Genesis 10:21 (KJV)
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Unto Shemalso the fatherof all the childrenof Eberthe brotherof Japheththe eldereven to him were children born
Cross-references
the father. Ge 11:10-26
Eber. Nu 24:24
the brother. Ge 10:2
Shem.Shem signifies name or renown; and his, indeed, was great both in a temporal and spiritual sense, inasmuch as he was destined to be the lineal ancestor of the promised Seed of the woman, to which Noah might allude in his pious ejaculation, ch. 9:26.
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