4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth—The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

     22. Ebal—or, "Obal" (Ge 10:28).

     1Ch 1:24-28. SHEM'S LINE TO ABRAHAM.