Genesis 10:1 - Exposition

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah (cf. Genesis 5:1 ; Genesis 6:9 ), Shem, Ham, and Japheth . Not the order of age, but of theocratic importance ( vide Genesis 5:32 ). And unto them were sons born (cf. Genesis 9:1 , Genesis 9:7 , Genesis 9:19 , Genesis 9:22 ) after the flood . An indication of the puncture temporis whence the period embraced in the present section takes its departure.