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The Hamites

Genesis 10:6

In 11 translations

BSB
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
KJV
¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
WEB
The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
ASV
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
LSV
And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
YLT
And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
DBY
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
DRC
And the sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.
GNV
Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
JPS
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
LXXE
And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃
LXX-Br
Υἱοὶ δὲ Χὰμ, Χοὺς, καὶ Μεσραῒν, Φοὺδ, καὶ Χαναάν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Chronicles 1:8–16The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the…
  • Psalms 78:51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
  • Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:40There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
  • Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  • Psalms 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
  • Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
  • Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
  • Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
  • Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

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