Genesis 10 · Verse 13

Genesis 10:13

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Genesis 10:13, King James Version

Genesis 10:13 in other translations

BSBMizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
WEBMizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
ASVAnd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
YLTAnd Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
DARBY— And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
BBEAnd Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;
WebsterAnd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim.

What does Genesis 10:13 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Mizraim begat Ludim - Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the Mareotis, a canton in Egypt, for the name Ludim is evidently the name of a people. Anamim - According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon. Lehabim - The Libyans, or a people who dwelt on the west of the Thebaid, and were called Libyo-Egyptians. Naphtuhim - Even the conjectures can scarcely fix a place for these people. Bochart seems inclined to place them in Marmarica, or among the Troglodytae.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:8-14

Nimrod was a great man in his day; he began to be mighty in the earth, Those before him were content to be upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bare rule in his own house, yet no man pretended any further. Nimrod was resolved to lord it over his neighbours. The spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, revived in him. Nimrod was a great…

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Genesis 10:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמִצְרַ֡יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimand MizraimH4714
יָלַ֞דya.Ladhe fatheredH3205
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
לוּדִ֧יםlu.Dim[the] LuditesH3866
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲנָמִ֛ים'a.na.Mim[the] AnamitesH6047
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
לְהָבִ֖יםle.ha.Vim[the] LehabitesH3853
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
נַפְתֻּחִֽים\׃naf.tu.Chim[the] NaphtuhitesH5320

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Cross references for Genesis 10:13

  • Jeremiah 46:9

    Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:11-12

    And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.

  • Ezekiel 30:5

    Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ludim.
1Ch 1:11,12; Jer 46:9; Eze 30:5

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Context

  • Genesis 10:12

    And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

  • Genesis 10:13

    And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

  • Genesis 10:14

    And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

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Genesis 10:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Mizraim engendró á Ludim, y á Anamim, y á Lehabim, y á Naphtuhim,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et Mitsraïm engendra les Ludim, et les Anamim, et les Lehabim, et les Naphtukhim,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mizraim zeugte die Ludim und die Anamim und die Lehabim und die Naphtuchim
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		At vero Mesraim genuit Ludim, et Anamim et Laabim, Nephthuim,