1 Chronicles 4:40 BSB

1 Chronicles 4:40

There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

BSB

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ASV

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they found fat pasture and good,.... In or near the valley of Gedor: and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; there was room enough for them and their flocks, and they had no enemies on either side to disturb them: for they of Ham had dwelt there of old; either the Canaanites who descended from Canaan the son of Ham, and had never been expelled from thence; or the Philistines, who were a colony of the Egyptians, the posterity of Ham; and these inhabitants being of this cursed race, the Simeonites scrupled not to dispossess them.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ	vai.yim.tze.'U	and they found	H4672 →
מִרְעֶה֙	mir.'Eh	pasture	H4829 →
שָׁמֵ֣ן	sha.Men	fertile	H8082 →
וָט֔וֹב	va.Tov	and good	H2896 →
וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙	ve.ha.'A.retz	and the land	H776 →
רַחֲבַ֣ת	ra.cha.Vat	[was] broad of	H7342 →
יָדַ֔יִם	ya.Da.yim	both hands	H3027 →
וְשֹׁקֶ֖טֶת	ve.sho.Ke.tet	and at peace	H8252 →
וּשְׁלֵוָ֑ה	u.she.le.Vah	and at ease	H7961 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
מִן־	min-	[were] from	H4480 →
חָ֔ם	Cham	Ham	H2526 →
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים	hai.yo.she.Vim	the inhabitants	H3427 →
שָׁ֖ם	sham	there	H8033 →
לְפָנִֽים׃	le.fa.Nim	<to> before	H6440 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 78:51
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
leads to
- Psalms 106:22
  wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 105:23
  Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 135:8
  He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
- Psalms 136:10
  He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
- Psalms 105:36
  Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
Through
Psalms 105:23
Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
leads to
- Psalms 78:51
  He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 7:11–15
  Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 13:17
  The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

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