Genesis 10:14
in Genesis 10the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
KJV
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
4 notes on this versePathrusim - The inhabitants of the Delta, in Egypt, according to the Chaldee paraphrase; but, according to Bochart, the people who inhabited the Thebaid, called Pathros in Scripture. Casluhim - The inhabitants of Colchis; for almost all authors allow that Colchis was peopled from Egypt. Philistim - The people called Philistines, the constant plagues and frequent oppressors of the Israelites, whose history may be seen at large in the books of Samuel, Kings, etc. Caphtorim - Inhabitants of Cyprus according to Calmet.
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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Pathrusim,.... These are other descendants of Mizraim, the name of whose father very probably was Pathros, from whom the country of Pathros was called, and which is not only spoken of in Scripture along with Egypt, but as a part of it, Isa 11:11 and these Pathrusim were doubtless the inhabitants of it; which, as Bochart (u) has shown, is no other than Thebais, or the upper Egypt.
And Pathrusim,.... These are other descendants of Mizraim, the name of whose father very probably was Pathros, from whom the country of Pathros was called, and which is not only spoken of in Scripture along with Egypt, but as a part of it, Isa 11:11 and these Pathrusim were doubtless the inhabitants of it; which, as Bochart (u) has shown, is no other than Thebais, or the upper Egypt.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים | patrusim | [the] Pathrusites | H6625 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים | kasluchim | [the] Casluhites | H3695 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָצְא֥וּ | yatzeu | they came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִשָּׁ֛ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ ס | kaftorim | [the] Caphtorites | H3732 → |
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים[the] Pathrusites
patrusimH6625 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים[the] Casluhites
kasluchimH3695 →
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָצְא֥וּthey came out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
מִשָּׁ֛םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ ס[the] Caphtorites
kaftorimH3732 →
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 47:4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
it leads to
- Amos 9:7
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Amos 9:7
Through
Amos 9:7“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:23
And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
- Jeremiah 47:4
Through
Jeremiah 44:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
- Exodus 14:2
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
- Jeremiah 46:14
Through
Deuteronomy 2:23And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
it leads to
- Joshua 13:3
All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of…
- Joshua 13:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).