1 Chronicles 1:8 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:8

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

KJV

The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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Commentary

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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.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּנֵ֖י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
חָ֑ם	Cham	Ham	H2526 →
כּ֥וּשׁ	kush	Cush	H3568 →
וּמִצְרַ֖יִם	u.mitz.Ra.yim	and Mizraim	H4714 →
פּ֥וּט	put	Put	H6316 →
וּכְנָֽעַן׃	u.khe.Na.'an	and Canaan	H3667 →

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