1 Chronicles 1:11
in 1 Chronicles 1Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
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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,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
In fifty-four verses of names the narrator breaks pattern only twice, and the first is here: Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth, one clause of story kept from Gen 10:8 while everything around it is trimmed to names. What survives the Chronicler's compression is by that fact marked as freight. The line runs on through Mizraim and Canaan, whose peoples fill the conquest narratives already built.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
), 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
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.
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began to be a mighty man on the earth He began to make wars and [perform] mighty deeds on the earth.
Pathrusim Pathrusim of the sea; Casluhim, Casluhim of the sea; Philistines, Philistines of the sea.
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִצְרַ֡יִם | umitzrayim | and Mizraim | H4714 → | 641 times |
| יָלַ֞ד | yalad | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לוּדִ֧ים | ludiyim | [the] Ludites | H3866 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲנָמִ֛ים | ʾanamim | [the] Anamites | H6047 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְהָבִ֖ים | lehavim | [the] Lehabites | H3853 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַפְתֻּחִֽים׃ | naftuchim | [the] Naphtuhites | H5320 → |
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.
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.