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1 Chronicles 1:11

in 1 Chronicles 1

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in 1 Chronicles 1

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

This site's exposition

The sons of Ham

on 1 Chronicles 1:8-16

Here the list breaks for one clause of story: Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. Everything around it is trimmed to names. The line runs on through Mizraim and Canaan, whose peoples fill the conquest narratives.

This site's exposition

Mizraim was the father of

Mizraim is the Hebrew name for Egypt. The sons of Mizraim, the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, and the Naphtuhites, are peoples, and Pathrusites and Casluhites of verse 12 continue the list. Genesis 10:13 gives the same names.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), contain the sacred line of Christ from Adam to Abraham, and are inserted in his pedigree, Luke iii. 34-38 , the order ascending as here it descends. This genealogy proves the falsehood of that reproach, As for this man, we know not whence he is.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Ludim, etc. - “The Nivitaei, the Mariotaei, the Libakaei, and the Pentaskenaei.” - T.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And Mitzraim begot Ludim In Genesis Rabbah (37:5) “Said Rabbi Abba bar Kahana: The entire coinage of Mizraim is only in the sea.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 1:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
3 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
began to be a mighty man on the earth He began to make wars and [perform] mighty deeds on the earth.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 1:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Pathrusim Pathrusim of the sea; Casluhim, Casluhim of the sea; Philistines, Philistines of the sea.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 1:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
And Arab begat Nimrod, who was the chief of those who would be warriors in sin, who shed innocent blood and rebelled [ m'rod ] before the LORD.
Targum · Targum of I Chronicles 1:10, via Sefaria, Sefaria Community Translation

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּמִצְרַ֡יִםand Mizraim

    umitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • יָלַ֞דhe fathered

    yaladH3205 →496 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • לוּדִ֧ים[the] Ludites

    ludiyimH3866 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • עֲנָמִ֛ים[the] Anamites

    ʾanamimH6047 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • לְהָבִ֖ים[the] Lehabites

    lehavimH3853 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • נַפְתֻּחִֽים׃[the] Naphtuhites

    naftuchimH5320 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, Genesis 10:13; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.