Genesis 10:20 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 10:20

These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

BSB

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ASV

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

KJV

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

These are the sons of Ham,.... His sons and grandsons, which some reckon to be thirty, others thirty one, if the Philistines are taken in: after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations: families of the same language joined together and dwelt in the same country; see Gill on Gen 10:5 all Africa and a considerable part of Asia were possessed by the four sons of Ham and their posterity; Mizraim had Egypt, and Phut all the rest of Africa; and Cush and Canaan had a large portion in Asia.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

These are the sons of Ham after their families - No doubt all these were well known in the days of Moses, and for a long time after; but at this distance, when it is considered that the political state of the world has been undergoing almost incessant revolutions through all the intermediate portions of time, the impossibility of fixing their residences or marking their descendants must be evident, as both the names of the people and the places of their residences have been changed beyond the possibility of being recognized.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֣לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בְנֵי־	ve.nei-	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
חָ֔ם	Cham	Ham	H2526 →
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם	le.mish.pe.cho.Tam	to clans their	H4940 →
לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑ם	lil.sho.no.Tam	to languages their	H3956 →
בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם	be.'ar.tzo.Tam	in lands their	H776 →
בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ ס	be.go.ye.Hem	in nations their	H1471 →

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The walk5

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
Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
  The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Jeremiah 46:9
  Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 78:51
  He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis