Genesis 10 · Verse 6

Genesis 10:6

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

Genesis 10:6 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
WEBThe sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
ASVAnd the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
YLTAnd sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
DARBYAnd the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
BBEAnd the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
WebsterAnd the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

What does Genesis 10:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. sons of Ham--emigrated southward, and their settlements were: Cush in Arabia, Canaan in the country known by his name, and Mizraim in Egypt, Upper and Lower. It is generally thought that his father accompanied him and personally superintended the formation of the settlement, whence Egypt was called "the land of Ham" [Psa 105:23, 27; 106:22].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 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, Egypt is called Mezr and Mezraim. Phut - Who first peopled an Egyptian nome or district, bordering on Libya. Canaan - He who first peopled the land so called, known also by the name of the Promised Land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:1-7

This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fathers and sons were preserved of the Jews alone, for the sake of the Messiah. Many learned men, however, have, with some probability, shown which of the nations of the earth descended from each of the sons of…

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Genesis 10:6 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.

וּבְנֵ֖יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
חָ֑םChamHamH2526
כּ֥וּשׁkush[were] CushH3568
וּמִצְרַ֖יִםu.mitz.Ra.yimand MizraimH4714
וּפ֥וּטu.Futand PutH6316
וּכְנָֽעַן\׃u.khe.Na.'anand CanaanH3667

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Cross references for Genesis 10:6

  • 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

    The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, …

  • Psalms 106:22

    Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

  • Psalms 105:27

    They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

  • Genesis 9:22

    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Ezekiel 27:10

    They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 105:23

    Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:40

    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.

  • Psalms 78:51

    And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 1676. B.C. 2228. And the.
9:22; 1Ch 1:8-16; 4:40; Ps 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22
Ham.Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly significant of the regions allotted to his family. To the Cushites, or descendants of Cush, were allotted the hot southern regions of Asia, along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Susiana or Chusistan, etc.; to the sons of Canaan, Palestine and Syria; to the sons of Mizraim, Egypt and Libya, in Africa.
Cush.
Isa 11:11
Phut.
Jer 46:9; *marg:
Eze 27:10

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Context

  • Genesis 10:5

    By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  • Genesis 10:6

    And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

  • Genesis 10:7

    And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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Genesis 10:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Châm: Cush, y Mizraim, y Phut, y Canaán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de Cham: Cush, et Mitsraïm, et Puth, et Canaan.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Hams: Kusch und Mizraim und Put und Kanaan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii autem Cham: Chus, et Mesraim, et Phuth, et Chanaan.