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RBT Translation:
Builders of Name are Concealed,406 and Straight,407 and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Castle.408
LITV Translation:
The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
ESV Translation:
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.

Footnotes

406

Elam from Strong’s #5867, alam. To conceal.

407

“Straight” Asshur, אַשּׁוּר, noted as the place where Nimrod went to build Nineveh is from אָשַׁר, ashar meaning to go straight, go ahead, be happy, lead. Take note of the difference between the names of the Wilderness (no spiritual connotations), the Gentiles (unpleasant spiritual connotations) and the Name (all pleasant meanings).

408

Aram from Strong’s #759, armon, a citadel, castle, fortified tower.