Genesis 10:21
Modern Translations
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.

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.

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

NASB 1995
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

NASB 1977
And also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

Amplified Bible
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber [including the Hebrews], the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

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

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

Good News Translation
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had children. [Shem was] the ancestor 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.
Classic Translations
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.

New King James Version
And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

King James 2000 Bible
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

New Heart English Bible
To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

World English Bible
To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

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

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.

A Faithful Version
And to Shem sons were born, even him, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

Darby Bible Translation
And to Shem -- to him also were [sons] born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

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.

Webster's Bible Translation
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Vnto Shem also the father of all the sonnes of Eber, and elder brother of Iapheth were children borne.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Unto Sem also the father of all the children of Heber, and elder brother of Iapheth, there were chyldren borne.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And Sem which is ye father of all the children of Eber, & the elder brother of Iaphet, begat childre also.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Sem the father of all ye childre of Eber and the eldest brother of Iapheth begat children also.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.

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

Smith's Literal Translation
And to Shem shall be born, even to him the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the great.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of Sem also, the father of all children of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were born.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Likewise, from Shem, the father of all the sons of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were born.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Sheem begot sons also, the father of all children of Eber, the brother of Yapheth the great.

Lamsa Bible
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, even to him were children born.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
















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