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Genesis 10:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.Genesis 10:6 · King James Version
Genesis 10:6 in context
4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MizraimMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- CushKûwshCush , the name of a son of Ham, and of his territoryH3568 →
- PhutPûwṭPut, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian…H6316 →
- HamChâmCham, a son of NoahH2526 →
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That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Gen 10:8-10. He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth, that is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, and though…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14