Genesis 10:6

The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the Mediterranean Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.

7The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:32When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth.

Genesis 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father lying naked in the tent. So he went outside and told his two older brothers what he had seen.

1 Chronicles 4:40They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet. Previously the descendants of Noah’s son Ham had lived there.

Psalms 105:23Later, Joseph’s father Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.

Psalms 106:22They forgot about the wonderful things that he did for them in Egypt and the amazing/awesome things that he did for them at the Red Sea.

Jeremiah 46:9You riders of horses, charge/rush into the battle! You drivers of chariots, drive furiously! All you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!

Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:2-6

The Generations of Noah. ( b. c. 2347.) 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their… Read the whole commentary →

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