Genesis 10:26

10:26 Joktan was the father of84 Almodad,85 Sheleph,86 Hazarmaveth,87 Jerah,88

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84	tn Heb “fathered.”
85	sn The name Almodad combines the Arabic article al with modad (“friend”). Almodad was the ancestor of a South Arabian people.
86	sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe.
87	sn The name Hazarmaveth should be equated with Hadramawt, located in Southern Arabia.
88	sn The name Jerah means “moon.”