22 (A)The sons of Shem were (B)Elam and Asshur and (C)Arpachshad and (D)Lud and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were (E)Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. 24 Arpachshad (a)became the father of (F)Shelah; and Shelah (b)became the father of Eber. 25 (G)Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was (c)Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan (d)became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 28 and (e)Obal and Abimael and Sheba 29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 10:24: ['Lit ', begot]
b. Genesis 10:24: ['Lit ', begot]
c. Genesis 10:25: ['I.e. division']
d. Genesis 10:26: ['Lit ', begot]
e. Genesis 10:28: ['I.e. In 1 Chr 1:22, ', Ebal]

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