Genesis 10 · Verse 7

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.
Genesis 10:7, King James Version

Genesis 10:7 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
WEBThe sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
ASVAnd the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
YLTAnd sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan.
DARBYAnd the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
BBEAnd the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
WebsterAnd the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan.

What does Genesis 10:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Seba - The founder of the Sabaeans. There seem to be three different people of this name mentioned in this chapter, and a fourth in Gen 25:3. Havilah - Supposed by some to mean the inhabitants of the country included within that branch of the river Pison which ran out of the Euphrates into the bay of Persia, and bounded Arabia Felix on the east. Sabtah - Supposed by some to have first peopled an isle or peninsula called Saphta, in the Persian Gulf. Raamah - Or Ragmah, for the word is pronounced both ways, because of the ע ain, which some make a vowel, and some a consonant. Ptolemy mentions a city called Regma near the Persian Gulf; it probably received its name from the person in the text. Sabtechah - From the river called Samidochus, in Caramanla; Bochart conjectures that the person in the text fixed his residence in that part. Sheba - Supposed to have had his residence beyond the Euphrates, in the environs of Charran, Eden, etc. Dedan - Supposed to have peopled a part of Arabia, on the confines of Idumea.

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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 10:7 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
כ֔וּשׁKhushCushH3568
סְבָא֙se.Va'[were] SebaH5434
וַֽחֲוִילָ֔הva.cha.vi.Lahand HavilahH2341
וְסַבְתָּ֥הve.sav.Tahand SabtahH5454
וְרַעְמָ֖הve.ra'.Mahand RaamahH7484
וְסַבְתְּכָ֑אve.sav.te.Kha'and SabtecaH5455
וּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
רַעְמָ֖הra'.MahRaamahH7484
שְׁבָ֥אshe.Va'[were] ShebaH7614
וּדְדָֽן\׃u.de.Danand DedanH1719

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:7

  • Ezekiel 27:22

    The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

  • Ezekiel 27:15

    The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

  • 1 Kings 10:1

    And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  • Genesis 2:11

    The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  • Isaiah 21:13

    The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

  • Psalms 72:10

    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Seba.
Ps 72:10
Havilah.
2:11
Sheba.
1Ki 10:1; Eze 27:22
Dedan.
Isa 21:13; Eze 27:15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 10:8

    And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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Genesis 10:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Cush: Seba, Havila, y Sabta, y Raama, y Sabtecha. Y los hijos de Raama: Sheba y Dedán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et les fils de Cush: Seba, et Havila, et Sabta, et Rahma, et Sabteca. Et les fils de Rahma: Sheba et Dedan.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Kuschs: Seba und Hawila und Sabta und Raghma und Sabteka. Und die Söhne Raghmas: Scheba und Dedan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Chus: Saba, et Hevila, et Sabatha, et Regma, et Sabatacha. Filii Regma: Saba et Dadan.