Genesis 10:18
“And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 10Meaning
The Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites are named, after which the Canaanite clans are said to spread. The verse advances the chapter's ordered account of post-flood peoples.
Read carefully
This verse is one link in the Table of Nations, where personal names can represent ancestors, clans, or peoples within the chapter's ancient genealogical framework.
Reflection
Genesis 10 presents human diversity as developing within one post-flood human family, while preserving distinct peoples, places, and lines of descent.