1 Chronicles 1:8

1 Chronicles 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:8

6Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s sons: Sheba and Dedan. 10Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

1 Chronicles 1:8 word by word

בְּנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם פּ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hamחָםchâm · HamH2526
• Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• and Mizraimמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• Putפּוּטpûţ · PutH6316
• and Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:8

• Genesis 10:6Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim - "Arabia and Egypt." - T.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:8

• Canaan
• Cush
• Genealogy
• Ham
• Mizraim
• Phut

In the dictionaries

• Canaan
• Cush
• Ham
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Canaan, Canaanite
• Mizraim
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Sabteca
• Semites, Semitic Religion

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary