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Gênesis 10

ARC · Chapter 10/50

1Estas pois são as gerações dos filhos de Noé. Sem, Cão, e Japhet; e nasceram-lhe filhos depois do diluvio.

2Os filhos de Japhet, são: Gomer e Magog, e Madai, e Javan, e Tubal, e Mesech, e Tiras.

3E os filhos de Gomer, são: Asquenaz, e Riphath, e Togarmah.

4E os filhos de Javan, são: Elishah e Tarshish, Kittim, e Dodanim.

5Por estes foram repartidas as ilhas das nações nas suas terras, cada qual segundo a sua lingua, segundo as suas familias, entre as suas nações.

6E os filhos de Cão, são: Cush, e Mizraim, e Put, e Canaan.

7E os filhos de Cush, são: Seba, e Havilah, e Sabtah, e Raamah, e Sabteca: e os filhos de Raamah são, Scheba e Dedan.

8E Cush gerou a Nimrod: este começou a ser poderoso na terra.

9E este foi poderoso caçador diante da face do Senhor: pelo que se diz: Como Nimrod, poderoso caçador diante do Senhor.

10E o principio do seu reino foi Babel, e Erech, e Accad, e Calneh, na terra de Shinar.

11D'esta mesma terra saiu á Assyria e edificou a Ninive, e Rehoboth-Ir e Calah,

12E Resen, entre Niniveh e Calah (esta é a grande cidade).

13E Mizraim gerou a Ludim, e a Anamim, e a Leabim, e a Naphtuhim,

14E a Pathrusim, e a Caslushim, (d'onde sairam os philisteus) e a Caphtorim.

15E Canaan gerou a Sidon, seu primogenito, e a Heth;

16E ao Jebuseu, e Amorrheu, e Girgaseu,

17E ao Heveu, e ao Arkeu, e ao Sineu,

18E ao Arvadeu, e ao Zemareu, e ao Hamatheu, e depois se espalharam as familias dos cananeus.

19E foi o termo dos cananeus desde Sidon, indo para Gerar, até Gaza; indo para Sodoma, e Gomorrah, e Adamah e Zeboiim, até Lasha.

20Estes são os filhos de Cão segundo as suas familias, segundo as suas linguas, em suas terras, em suas nações.

21E a Sem nasceram filhos, e elle é o pae de todos os filhos de Eber, o irmão mais velho de Japhet.

22Os filhos de Sem, são: Elam, e Assur, e Arpachshad, e Lud.

23E os filhos de Aram são: Uz, e Hul, e Gether, e Mash.

24E Arpachshad gerou a Shelah: e Shelah gerou a Eber.

25E a Eber nasceram dois filhos: o nome d'um foi Peleg, porquanto em seus dias se repartiu a terra, e o nome do seu irmão foi Joktan.

26E Joktan gerou a Almodad, e a Sheleph, e a Hazarmaveth, e a Jerah;

27E a Hadoran, e a Uzal, e a Diclah;

28E a Obal, e a Abimael, e a Sheba;

29E a Ophir, e a Havila e a Jobab: todos estes foram filhos de Joktan.

30E foi a sua habitação desde Mesha, indo para Sephar, montanha do Oriente.

31Estes são os filhos de Sem segundo as suas familias, segundo as suas linguas, nas suas terras, segundo as suas nações.

32Estas são as familias dos filhos de Noé segundo as suas gerações, nas suas nações: e d'estes foram divididas as nações na terra depois do diluvio

📖 Chapter study

Summary

The so-called 'Table of Nations' is presented, listing the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and how their families gave rise to the different peoples and nations of the earth.

Explanation

This extensive genealogy has an important purpose: to show that the whole diversity of peoples and nations of the ancient world descends from a single family, reinforcing the unity of humanity under one Creator God. It is not a random list — it connects the names of individuals to the names of peoples and regions known to its earliest readers, such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylon, situating the biblical story within the real geography of the ancient Near East. The mention of Nimrod as a 'mighty hunter' and founder of great cities (Babel, Nineveh) foreshadows themes of human power and pride that will appear right in the next chapter, with the Tower of Babel. The message for today is that, despite the many cultural and ethnic differences visible around us, the Bible begins by affirming a common origin for the entire human family.

Fun facts

  • Several names on this list correspond to peoples and regions documented archaeologically, such as 'Mizraim' (Egypt), 'Cush' (the region of Nubia/Ethiopia), and 'Asshur' (Assyria), showing that the text reflects real geographical knowledge of the ancient world.
  • Nimrod, described as the founder of Babel, Erech, and Accad (real cities of ancient Mesopotamia, today confirmed by archaeological excavations), links this chapter directly to the documented history of Sumerian and Akkadian civilization.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Gênesis 10:1This begins the so-called ‘table of nations,’ a list that links Noah’s three sons — Shem, Ham, and Japheth — to nearly every people known to the ancient Israelites.
  2. Gênesis 10:2This lists the sons of Japheth, who give rise to peoples to the north and west of Israel, such as those later associated with Asia Minor and the lands around the Mediterranean.
  3. Gênesis 10:3This continues down one more generation in Japheth’s line, through his son Gomer, linking that family to even more specific peoples of the region.
  4. Gênesis 10:4This lists the sons of Javan, another son of Japheth, linked to peoples who settled islands and coastal regions of the Mediterranean, including the ancestors of the Greeks.
  5. Gênesis 10:5This whole chapter works like a kind of map of the peoples known to the ancient Israelites, organizing neighboring nations by family, language, and territory — it isn’t a genealogical list in the strict father-to-son sense the whole way through. Many of the names here stand for entire peoples or regions, not just one person.
  6. Gênesis 10:6This lists the sons of Ham, among them Mizraim — the Hebrew name for Egypt — and Canaan, whose territory will be central to the rest of Israel’s story.
  7. Gênesis 10:7This continues Ham’s line through his son Cush, linking that family to peoples of the south, in the region that includes modern Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
  8. Gênesis 10:8The line about Nimrod being ‘a mighty hunter before the LORD’ is a Hebrew way of saying he was extraordinary at it, the greatest of all — not necessarily that he hunted literally in front of God. He appears as a legendary figure of power and conquest, the first to build an empire of cities mentioned in the Bible.
  9. Gênesis 10:9This explains why Nimrod, mentioned in the previous verse, became a saying: he was such a great hunter that his own name came to be used to compare any other outstanding hunter.
  10. Gênesis 10:10‘Babel’ is mentioned here only as one of the first cities of Nimrod’s kingdom — it’s the same city that will get a more detailed explanation of its name in the next chapter, when the story of the tower and the confusion of languages takes place there. Babel is the ancient name for the region later known as Babylon.
  11. Gênesis 10:11Nimrod expands his domain into Assyria and founds other important cities, among them Nineveh — a city that, centuries later, will appear in the story of Jonah.
  12. Gênesis 10:12This completes the list of cities founded by Nimrod, describing Resen between Nineveh and Calah, and calling that region a ‘great city’ because of its size.
  13. Gênesis 10:13This lists the descendants of Mizraim, linking that Egyptian line to several smaller peoples of the North African region.
  14. Gênesis 10:14This continues Mizraim’s list and notes that the Philistines also came from it — a people who will be a recurring enemy of Israel in books much further along in the Bible.
  15. Gênesis 10:15Canaan, the grandson cursed in the previous chapter, has as his firstborn Sidon — a city that gives its name to an important people of the Mediterranean coast.
  16. Gênesis 10:16This lists more descendants of Canaan, including the Jebusites and the Amorites — peoples Israel will encounter directly when entering the promised land, in later books.
  17. Gênesis 10:17This continues listing peoples linked to Canaan, each occupying a specific region the ancient Israelites recognized on the map.
  18. Gênesis 10:18This closes the list of Canaan’s descendants and explains that, over time, these families spread out — forming the group of peoples the Bible calls the Canaanites.
  19. Gênesis 10:19This describes the territory held by the Canaanites, which stretched from Sidon to Gaza, and included Sodom and Gomorrah — cities that will be destroyed in the story told in chapter 19.
  20. Gênesis 10:20This closes the section on Ham’s descendants, summing up that each family had its own language, land, and nation — the same closing pattern used afterward for Shem and Japheth.
  21. Gênesis 10:21This introduces Shem’s line by calling him the father of the children of Eber — the name behind the word ‘Hebrew,’ linking this list directly to Israel’s future ancestors.
  22. Gênesis 10:22This lists Shem’s direct sons, including Asshur, who gives his name to Assyria, and Arphaxad, who will appear as a direct ancestor of Abraham further down the list.
  23. Gênesis 10:23This lists the sons of Aram, another son of Shem, linked to peoples of the Syrian region — Aram is the Hebrew name behind ‘Arameans.’
  24. Gênesis 10:24This continues the direct line leading to Abraham: Arphaxad fathers Salah, and Salah fathers Eber, the name that gives rise to the word ‘Hebrew.’
  25. Gênesis 10:25The name ‘Peleg’ comes from a Hebrew word close to ‘to divide’ — and the text itself explains why, saying that ‘in his days was the earth divided.’ This division most likely points forward, to the scattering of peoples after the tower of Babel, told right in the next chapter.
  26. Gênesis 10:26This lists the sons of Joktan, Eber’s other son, linked to peoples of southern Arabia — a different line from the one that leads to Abraham, told through his brother Peleg.
  27. Gênesis 10:27This continues the list of Joktan’s descendants, all linked to peoples and regions of ancient Arabia.
  28. Gênesis 10:28More names in Joktan’s line, closing out the list of Arabian peoples descended from Shem through this branch of the family.
  29. Gênesis 10:29This ends the list of Joktan’s sons, including Ophir, a region later famous in the Bible for its gold.
  30. Gênesis 10:30This describes the region where these families of Joktan settled, placing them within a stretch of territory in the East.
  31. Gênesis 10:31This closes the section on Shem’s descendants, with the same summary of languages, lands, and nations used to close out the other two lines.
  32. Gênesis 10:32This closes the whole chapter, summing up the central idea: every nation on earth, after the flood, descends from the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth listed here.

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