John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:26
And Joktan begat Almodad ,.... And twelve more mentioned later: the Arabic writers F15 Apud Pocock. Specimen. Arab. Hist., p. 40. say be had thirty one sons by one woman, but all, excepting two, left Arabia, and settled in India; the Targum of Jonathan adds,"who measured the earth with ropes,'as if he was the first inventor and practiser of geometry: from him are thought to spring the Allumaeotae, a people whom Ptolemy F16 Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. places in Arabia Felix, called so... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 10:21-32
Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem:? I. The description of Shem, v. 21. We have not only his name, Shem, which signifies a name, but two titles to distinguish him by:? 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber. Eber was his great grandson; but why should he be called the father of all his children, rather than of all Arphaxad?s, or Salah?s, etc.? Probably because Abraham and his seed, God's covenant-people, not only descended from Heber, but... read more