Genesis 10:7

Genesis 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Context of Genesis 10:7

5From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families. 6Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan. 8Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌞He’s⌟ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”

Genesis 10:7 word by word

וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• Sebaסְבָאsebâ' · SebaH5434
• and Havilahחֲוִילָהchăvîylâh · HavilahH2341
• and Sabtahסַבְתָּהsabtâ' sabtâh · SabtahH5454
• and Raamahרַעְמָהra‛mâh · RaamahH7484
• and Sabtechaסַבְתְּכָאsabtekâ' · SabtecaH5455
• Shebaשְׁבָאshebâ' · ShebaH7614
• and Dedanרֹדָןdedân dedâneh · DedanH1719

Cross-references for Genesis 10:7

• Psalms 72:10May the kings from Tarshish and the islands bring presents. May the kings from Sheba and Seba bring gifts.
• Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon. This is the one that winds throughout Havilah, where there is gold.
• 1 Kings 10:1The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s reputation. (He owed his reputation to the name of the Lord.) So she came to test him with riddles.
• Ezekiel 27:22The merchants from Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They traded the finest spices, precious stones, and gold for your merchandise.
• Isaiah 21:13This is the divine revelation about Arabia. You caravan of travelers from the people of Dedan will spend the night in the forest of Arabia.
• Ezekiel 27:15People from Dedan traded goods with you. You traded with many people on the coasts, and they brought you ivory and ebony as payment.

Commentaries on Genesis 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Seba - The founder of the Sabaeans. There seem to be three different people of this name mentioned in this chapter, and a fourth in Genesis 25:3. Havilah - Supposed by some to mean the inhabitants of the country included within that branch of the river Pison which ran out of the Euphrates into the bay of Persia, and bounded Arabia Felix on the east. Sabtah - Supposed by some to have first peopled an isle or peninsula called Saphta, in the Persian Gulf…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. 7The sons of Cush and Raamah add up to seven in total. Seba was in northern Africa (see Isaiah 43:3; 45:14). Havilah was in southwest Arabia. Sabtah was in southern Arabia, in ancient Hadramaut, near the Persian Gulf. Raamah was in southwest Arabia near Najran. Sabteca was in ancient Samudake near the Persian Gulf. Sheba was a kingdom in southwest Arabia with trading colonies (see 1 Kings 10:1–29). Dedan was in northern Arabia.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. sons of Noah--The historian has not arranged this catalogue according to seniority of birth; for the account begins with the descendants of Japheth, and the line of Ham is given before that of Shem though he is expressly said to be the youngest or younger son of Noah; and Shem was the elder brother of Japheth (Ge 10:21), the true rendering of that passage. generations, &c.--the narrative of the settlement of nations existing in the time of Moses…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 10:7

• Cush
• Dedan
• Ham
• Havilah
• Raamah
• Sabta
• Sabtecha
• Seba
• Sheba

In the dictionaries

• Cush
• Sheba
• Arabia
• Canaanites
• Dedan
• Dodanim
• Gihon
• Ham
• Havilah
• Japheth

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