Genesis 10:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 10:6

4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 From these ^athe coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

6 ^aThe sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush begot ^aNimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

9 He was a mighty ^ahunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter ^bbefore the Lord.”

10 ^aAnd the beginning of his kingdom was ^bBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 From that land he went to ^aAssyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim ^a(from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and ^aHeth;

16 ^athe Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;

18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.

19 ^aAnd the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

21 And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

22 The ^asons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, ^bArphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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American Standard Version
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Amplified® Bible
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt [Mizraim], Put, and Canaan.

Contemporary English Version
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the LORD. Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the LORD!" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.

Darby English Version
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Good News Bible
The sons of Ham---Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan---were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

King James Version
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Ham {were} Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

New International Version
The sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

New King James Version
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The sons of Ham we identify as Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Revised Standard Version
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Ham `are' Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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