And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
20. Joktan begat Almodad ] All the names of the sons of Joktan here given, so far as they have been identified, represent peoples situated in S. Arabia or on the W. coast of the Red Sea lying over against S. Arabia.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 20. Joktan begat Almodad] “He divided and measured the earth by lines. Sheleph; he assigned rivers to be boundaries. Hazarmaveth; he prepared a place of snares to kill by the highways. Jerah; he built inns, and when any person came to eat and drink, he gave him deadly poison, and so took his property.” – T.
According to these traditions, the two first were geographers; the third, a public robber; and the fourth, an unprincipled innkeeper, who gave poison to his rich guests, that he might get their property. Such things have been done even in modern times.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, andJaphethThe three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partlybecause they were the founders of the new world, and partly becausethe fulfilment of Noah’s prophecy (Ge9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Ch 1:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ch 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Ver. 20. And Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph, &c. ] These thirteen sons of Joktan were captains of those colonies that went out of the land of Shinar, upon the dispersion of the nations into various parts of the world, according to their different languages. Gen 11:1-9 Whether they fell from the true religion professed by their grandfather Heber is uncertain; but from them is supposed to descend the people of East India, and of America also.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Joktan. Compare Gen 10:26.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Hazarmaveth: Gen 10:26, Gen 10:27
Reciprocal: Gen 10:28 – General