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Genesis 10:6

Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the sons of Ham,.... Next to the sons of Japheth, the sons of Ham are reckoned; these, Josephus (z) says, possessed the land from Syria, and the mountains of Amanus and Lebanon; laying hold on…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 10:6-20

- 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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Cush - Who peopled the Arabic nome near the Red Sea in Lower Egypt. Some think the Ethiopians descended from him.

Mizraim - This family certainly peopled Egypt; and both in the East and in the West,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 10:6-14

That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Gen 10:8-10. He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 10:6-20

The Sons of Ham

6. The races described as "the sons of Ham" are first traced in the most southerly regions. If the name has any connexion with Kamt, the native name of Egypt, it is noticeable that it…