Psalms 78:51
So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
In Context
52And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them, like a flock in the desert;
Cross References
Genesis 10:6And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
Exodus 12:12I will pass along, therefore, throughout the land of Egypt this night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast,—and against all the gods of Egypt, will I execute judgments—I, Yahweh.
Exodus 13:15And it came to pass when Pharaoh had shown himself too hardened to let us go, then did Yahweh slay every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men even unto the firstborn of beasts. For this cause, am, I, sacrificing to Yahweh whatsoever is born first, of the males, and every firstborn of my sons, must I redeem.
Psalms 105:27He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham;
Psalms 106:22Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.
Psalms 136:10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →