English Standard Version
Genesis 10:6
6The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Genesis 10:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Context of Genesis 10:6
4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations. The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
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וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 10:6
- Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:40where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
- Psalms 78:51He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 105:23Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- Isaiah 11:11In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
- Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
- Ezekiel 27:10"Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
Commentaries on Genesis 10:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Cush - Who peopled the Arabic nome near the Red Sea in Lower Egypt. Some think the Ethiopians descended from him. Mizraim - This family certainly peopled Egypt; and both in the East and in the West, Egypt is called Mezr and Mezraim. Phut - Who first peopled an Egyptian nome or district, bordering on Libya. Canaan - He who first peopled the land so called, known also by the name of the Promised Land.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-20Verses 6-20 - XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m “perhaps double Egypt, lower and upper.” פוּט pûṭ “Put, troubled.” 7. סבא sebā' “Seba, drinking (man, Ethiopian).” סבתה sabtâh “Sabtah.” רעמה ra‛mâh “Ramah, shaking, trembling.” סבתכא sabtekā' “Sabtekha.” שׁבא shēbā' “Sheba, captive?” דדן dedān “Dedan, going slowly?” 8. נמרד…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The peoples descended from Ham’s four sons (Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Canaanites) were Israel’s most hostile neighbors. Cush might have been in Ethiopia or ancient Nubia (northern Sudan). Mizraim was the old name for Egypt (50:11). Put was in Libya. Canaan included southern Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine west of the Jordan River. In the time of Moses, Egypt and Canaan were part of the same empire. Ham's descendants did not receive the blessing…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. sons of Ham--emigrated southward, and their settlements were: Cush in Arabia, Canaan in the country known by his name, and Mizraim in Egypt, Upper and Lower. It is generally thought that his father accompanied him and personally superintended the formation of the settlement, whence Egypt was called "the land of Ham" [Psa 105:23, 27; 106:22].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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