15 Canaan became the father of Sidon , his firstborn , and Heth 16 and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite 17 and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite 18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite ; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. 19 The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar , as far as Gaza ; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim , as far as Lasha . 20 These are the sons of Ham , according to their families , according to their languages , by their lands , by their nations .

21 Also to Shem , the father of all the children of Eber , and the older brother of Japheth , children were born . 22 The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram . 23 The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash . 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah ; and Shelah became the father of Eber . 25 Two sons were born to Eber ; the name of the one was Peleg , for in his days the earth was divided ; and his brother's name was Joktan . 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 28 and Obal and Abimael and Sheba 29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab ; all these were the sons of Joktan . 30 Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar , the hill country of the east . 31 These are the sons of Shem , according to their families , according to their languages , by their lands , according to their nations . 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah , according to their genealogies , by their nations ; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32

Commentary on Genesis 10:15-32

(Read Genesis 10:15-32)

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. The curse of God always works really, and always terribly. Perhaps it is a secret curse, a curse to the soul, and does not work so that others can see it; or a slow curse, and does not work soon; but sinners are reserved by it for a day of wrath Canaan here has a better land than either Shem or Japheth, and yet they have a better lot, for they inherit the blessing. Abram and his seed, God's covenant people, descended from Eber, and from him were called Hebrews. How much better it is to be like Eber, the father of a family of saints and honest men, than the father of a family of hunters after power, worldly wealth, or vanities. Goodness is true greatness.