Revised Literal Translation
Genesis 10:6
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, 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.
- 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 Genesis 10:6
4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 10:6
- Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
- Psalms 78:51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
- Psalms 105:23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
- Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Jeremiah 46:9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
- Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
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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