1 Chronicles 4:40

In 11 translations

BSB

There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

KJV

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.

WEB

They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.

ASV

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

LSV

and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for those dwelling there before are of Ham.

YLT

and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.

DBY

And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.

DRC

And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them was wide, and there was peace and quietness; for there were some of the children of Cham who dwelt there before.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ מִרְעֶה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן וָט֔וֹב וְהָאָ֨רֶץ֙ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדַ֔יִם וְשֹׁקֶ֖טֶת וּשְׁלֵוָ֑ה כִּ֣י מִן־חָ֔ם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים שָׁ֖ם לְפָנִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εὗρον νομὰς πλεὶονας καὶ ἀγαθάς· καὶ ἡ γῆ πλατεῖα ἐναντίον αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἡσυχία, ὅτι ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Χὰμ τὼν κατοικούντων ἐκεῖ ἔμπροσθεν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Judges 18:7–10So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they…
• Genesis 9:22–29And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s…
• Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Psalms 78:51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
• Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

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