Genesis 10:24

And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

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Interpretation

The posterity of Canaan were numerous, rich, and pleasantly seated; yet Canaan was under a Divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Those that are under the curse of God, may, perhaps, thrive and prosper in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us.

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This thought runs through Genesis 10:22-26.

Genesis 10:22 Genesis 10:23 Genesis 10:24 Genesis 10:25 Genesis 10:26

Glossary

Arphaxad Person: Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years ( Gen. 11:10-13 ; 1 Chr. 1:17 , 18; Luke 3:36 ).