Genesis 10:6
4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
5 From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- KJV
- And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- WEB
- The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- ASV
- And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- DARBY
- And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- BLB
- And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- ÅB
- Og Kams sønner var Kus og Misra'im og Put og Kana'an.
- OTB
- Kams etterkommere var Kusj, Egypt, Put og Kanaan.
- B1930
- Og Kams sønner var Kus og Misra'im og Put og Kana'an.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 1:8–16
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Read in contextPsalms 106:22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
Read in contextPsalms 105:27
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Read in contextGenesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Read in contextEzekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
Read in contextJeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
Read in contextPsalms 105:23
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
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