1 Chronicles 4:40

וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ מִרְעֶה שָׁמֵן וָטוֹב וְהָאָרֶץ רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם וְשֹׁקֶטֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה כִּי מִן ־ חָם הַיֹּשְׁבִים שָׁם לְפָנִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

39וַיֵּלְכוּ לִמְבוֹא גְדֹר עַד לְמִזְרַח הַגָּיְא לְבַקֵּשׁ מִרְעֶה לְצֹאנָֽם ׃

41וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶּה הַכְּתוּבִים בְּשֵׁמוֹת בִּימֵי ׀ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יְהוּדָה וַיַּכּוּ אֶת ־ אָהֳלֵיהֶם וְאֶת ־ המעינים אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ ־ שָׁמָּה וַיַּחֲרִימֻם עַד ־ הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶם כִּֽי ־ מִרְעֶה לְצֹאנָם שָֽׁם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָֽעַן ׃

Psalms 78:51וַיַּךְ כָּל ־ בְּכוֹר בְּמִצְרָיִם רֵאשִׁית אוֹנִים בְּאָהֳלֵי ־ חָֽם ׃

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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