1 Chronicles 1:8

“The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.”

1 Chronicles 1:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Chronicles 1:8, word by word

The sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “bene” appears
of Hamחָםcham

Ham

Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.

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Cushכּוּשׁkush

Cush

Cush, the name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.

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Mizraimמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Putפּוּטput

Put

Put, a son of Ham; a region of Africa, probably Libya.

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and Canaanכְנָעַןchenaan

Canaan

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Parallel passages

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The descendants of Noah

Genesis 10:2-29

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1 Chronicles 1:5-23

5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. 7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 11And Mizraim fathered the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, 12the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (from where the Philistines came out), and the Caphtorim. 13And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, 14and the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, 15the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, 16the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18And Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan. 20And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:2-29

2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5From these the coastlands of the nations separated into their lands, each according to his language, according to their families, in their nations. 6And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before YHWH; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before YHWH.” 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13And Mizraim fathered the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, 14the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (from where the Philistines came out), and the Caphtorim. 15And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, 16and the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, 17the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, 18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. 19And the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza; in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations. 21And to Shem also, to him, sons were born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth. 22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24And Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 25And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan.

Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaEgyptCanaan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

  • 2Canaan

    Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria

    The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.

    God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).

    Genesis 12:5Genesis 17:8Exodus 6:4Joshua 5:12

The context

7And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

8 · This verse (above)

9And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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