# Genesis 10.28

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**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 26. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27. and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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> **28. and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,**
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> 29. and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. (Genesis 10:26-30, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 26. Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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> **28. Obal, Abimael, Sheba,**
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> 29. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30. Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. (Genesis 10:26-30, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 26. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27. And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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> **28. And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,**
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> 29. And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. (Genesis 10:26-30, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 26. And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27. and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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> **28. and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,**
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> 29. and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan; 30. and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east. (Genesis 10:26-30, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Africa in the Table of Nations](/codex/africa-in-the-table-of-nations/)

**People:**

- [Queen of Sheba](/codex/queen-of-sheba/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.