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 descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes. Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan. 10Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the 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 descendants were Cush, Egypt, 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
• Mizraim
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Sabteca
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Phut, Put
• Put

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