Genesis 10:7
in Genesis 10The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
KJV
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
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This verse in Genesis 10
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSeba - The founder of the Sabaeans. There seem to be three different people of this name mentioned in this chapter, and a fourth in Gen 25:3. Havilah - Supposed by some to mean the inhabitants of the country included within that branch of the river Pison which ran out of the Euphrates into the bay of Persia, and bounded Arabia Felix on the east. Sabtah - Supposed by some to have first peopled an isle or peninsula called Saphta, in the Persian Gulf.
This site's exposition
The sons of Ham
on Genesis 10:6-7
Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan are the four sons of Ham. Mizraim is Egypt, named here for the first time in Scripture, and every going down in Genesis runs to that name, Abram in chapter 12 and Jacob's whole house in chapter 46. Canaan is the son Noah had cursed, and his line gets more room here than any other.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
(Verse 7) The sons of Chus are Saba, Aevila, Sabatha, Regma, and Sabathaca. Saba is the progenitor of the Sabaei, of whom Virgil speaks (II Georgics). The golden wand is from the Sabaeans. And elsewhere (Book I of the Aeneid). . . . . . and a hundred altars warm with Sabean incense. The Evili, Getulians, are connected in the more remote part of the desert of Africa. Sabatha, from which the Sabatheni, who are now called Astabari, are derived. However, Regma and Sabathaca gradually lost their ancient names, and what they now have in place of the old names is unknown.
(Verse 7.) The sons of Regma are Saba and Dadan. Saba is spelled with a Sin (), but above it with a Samech (), from which we said they are called Sabaeans. Now Saba is interpreted as Arabia, for in the seventy-first psalm, where we have, 'The kings of the Arabians and Saba will offer gifts,' it is written in Hebrew, 'The kings of Saba and Saba,' the first name with Sin, the second with Samech. Dadan is a nation of Ethiopia in the western region.
The river Phison separates all the countries of India [lying along its course] from the country of the Huns. In scripture the Indian region is called Euilat (Havilah). For it is thus written in Genesis: Now the river goeth out from Eden to water Paradise.
The Medieval Church2 voices
The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah and Sabteca. Seba from whom came the Sabeans. As Virgil says: "The incense-bearing branch belongs to the Sabeans. The air is scented with Sabean frankincense."
The sons of Seba: Raamah and Dedan. This Seba is written with the letter Sin, but above it was written with Samech, from which we said the Sabeans were named. Therefore, Seba is now interpreted as Arabia.
1 more voice on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the sons of Cush,.... The first born of Ham, who had five sons, next mentioned, besides Nimrod, spoken of afterwards by himself: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; the first of these is Seba, the founder of the Sabaeans, according to Josephus (p), a people seated in Arabia Deserta, which seem to be the Sabaeans brought from the wilderness, Eze 23:42 and very probably the same that plundered Job of his cattle, Job 1:
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כ֔וּשׁ | khush | Cush | H3568 → | 29 times |
| סְבָא֙ | seva' | [were] Seba | H5434 → | |
| וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה | vachavilah | and Havilah | H2341 → | 7 times |
| וְסַבְתָּ֥ה | vesavtah | and Sabtah | H5454 → | |
| וְרַעְמָ֖ה | vera'mah | and Raamah | H7484 → | |
| וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א | vesavtekha' | and Sabteca | H5455 → | |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רַעְמָ֖ה | ra'mah | Raamah | H7484 → | |
| שְׁבָ֥א | sheva' | [were] Sheba | H7614 → | 23 times |
| וּדְדָֽן׃ | udedan | and Dedan | H1719 → | 11 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
כ֔וּשׁCush
khushH3568 →29 times
סְבָא֙[were] Seba
seva'H5434 →
וַֽחֲוִילָ֔הand Havilah
vachavilahH2341 →7 times
וְסַבְתָּ֥הand Sabtah
vesavtahH5454 →
וְרַעְמָ֖הand Raamah
vera'mahH7484 →
וְסַבְתְּכָ֑אand Sabteca
vesavtekha'H5455 →
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
רַעְמָ֖הRaamah
ra'mahH7484 →
שְׁבָ֥א[were] Sheba
sheva'H7614 →23 times
וּדְדָֽן׃and Dedan
udedanH1719 →11 times
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
Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:6
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 68:29
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…
- Isaiah 60:6
Through
1 Kings 10:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 9:1–12
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 12:42
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One…
- Luke 11:31
The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,…
- Psalms 72:15
Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
- Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
- 2 Chronicles 9:1–12
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); Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 11; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).