Genesis 10:17

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 10:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis 10:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 10

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17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the Hivite, etc.] These dwelt in Hermon, a part of Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath, (<061103>Joshua 11:3 <070303>Judges 3:3) to the east of the land of Canaan; hence they were sometimes called Kadmonites, or Easterlings, (<011519>Genesis 15:19) and are thought to have their name from dwelling in holes and caves like serpents; hence Cadmus the Phoenician, and his wife Hermonia, who seem to have their names from hence, are reported to be turned into serpents, they being Hivites, which this word signifies, as Bochart f673 observes. And the Arkite; the same with the Aruceans, or Arcaeans, Josephus f674 speaks of in Phoenicia about Sidon, and from whom the…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser, “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr, “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “perhaps double Egypt, lower and upper.” פוּט pûṭ, “Put, troubled.” 7. סבא sebā', “Seba, drinking (man, Ethiopian).” סבתה sabtâh, “Sabtah.” רעמה ra‛mâh, “Ra‘mah, shaking, trembling.” סבתכא sabtekā', “Sabtekha.” שׁבא shēbā', “Sheba, captive?” דדן dedān, “Dedan, going slowly?” 8. נמרד nı̂mrod, “Nimrod, strong, rebel.” 10. בבל bābel, “Babel; related: pour, mingle, confound.” ארך 'erek, “Erek, length.” אכד 'akad, “Akkad, fortress.” כלנה kalneh, “Kalneh.” שׁנער shı̂n‛ār, “Shin‘ar.” 11. נינוה nı̂ynevēh, “Nineveh,…”
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