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1 Chronicles 4:40

38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

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BSB
There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
KJV
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
WEB
They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
ASV
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
DARBY
And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
BLB
And they found pasture rich and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and peaceful. For some Hamites had lived there formerly.
ÅB
og der fant de fett og godt beite, og landet var vidt og rommelig, og det var rolig og stille; for de som bodde der før, var av Kams slekt.
OTB
De fant rikt og godt beite,
og landet var romslig, stille og fredelig;
for de som bodde der tidligere var hamitter.
B1930
og der fant de fett og godt beite, og landet var vidt og rummelig, og det var rolig og stille; for de som bodde der før, var av Kams ætt.

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  • Judges 18:7–10

    Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

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  • Genesis 9:22–29

    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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  • Genesis 10:6

    And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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  • Psalms 78:51

    And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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  • Psalms 105:23

    Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

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