Genesis 10:13
in Genesis 10Mizraim 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 Genesis 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 13) And Mesraim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, and Nephtuim, and Phetrosim, and Chasloim, from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim. Except for the Laabim, who were later called Libyans, and the Chasloim, who were later called Philistines, whom we incorrectly call Palestinians, the other six nations are unknown to us, for they were destroyed in the Ethiopian war and their names have been forgotten. But they possessed the land from Gaza to the furthest boundaries of Egypt.
This site's exposition
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites
on Genesis 10:13-14
Mizraim is the father of the Casluhites, and the Philistines come out of them, standing apart from the Canaanite nations listed below. Abraham deals with a king of the Philistines at Gerar in chapter 20, and Isaac with a king of that name in the same town in chapter 26. The LORD brings them up from Caphtor at Amos 9:7.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
But indeed Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Mizraim begat Ludim,.... Mizraim was the second son of Ham, of whom See Gill on Gen 10:6. Ludim he is said to beget, the word being plural, is not the name of a man, but of his posterity; and the sense is, that Mizraim begat the father of the Ludim, whose name very probably was Lud, which name is preserved in Isa 66:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Mizraim begat Ludim - Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the Mareotis, a canton in Egypt, for the name Ludim is evidently the name of a people. Anamim - According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon. Lehabim - The Libyans, or a people who dwelt on the west of the Thebaid, and were called Libyo-Egyptians. Naphtuhim - Even the conjectures can scarcely fix a place for these people. Bochart seems inclined to place them in Marmarica, or among the Troglodytae.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Scripture mentions the descendants of Mitzraim but does not specify their habitation as it does concerning the others. With the sons of Japheth it mentioned the isles, 294 Verse 5 here. with the sons of Cush it mentioned the land of Shinar. Verse 10 here. and Asshur, 285 Verse.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
It appears to me that this is connected to and builded Nineveh.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are 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 | ludim | [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
ludimH3866 →
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 66:19
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who…
- Nahum 3:9
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
- Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Ezekiel 27:10
Through
Ezekiel 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Jeremiah 25:24
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Nahum 3:8–9
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Jeremiah 25:20
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).