1 Chronicles 4:40

And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, both quiet and fruitfull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.

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In The King James Version

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

In Context

39And they went to the entring in of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their sheepe.

41And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Psalms 78:51And smote al the firstborne in Egypt, euen the beginning of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 4:25-43

Genealogies. ( b. c. 715.) 24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 And at Bethuel, and… Read the whole commentary →

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