These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
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Gill's Exposition
These are the sons of Ham,.... His sons and grandsons, which some reckon to be thirty, others thirty one, if the Philistines are taken in:
after their families, after their tongues, in their…
- XXXII. Ham 6. מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “Mitsraim.” מצר mētser, “straitness, limit, pressure.” מצור mātsôr, “distress, siege, mound, bulwark; Egypt.” מצרים mı̂tsrayı̂m, “perhaps double Egypt, lower and…
Adam Clarke
These are the sons of Ham after their families - No doubt all these were well known in the days of Moses, and for a long time after; but at this distance, when it is considered that the political…
Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter,…
Cambridge Bible
These are the sons of Ham(P), &c. Cf. Gen 10:31; and the note on Gen 10:5.
The synonyms here given are characteristic of P's fondness for redundancy and repetition.