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Genesis 10:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 7
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.Genesis 10:7 · King James Version
Genesis 10:7 in context
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.
9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SabtechaÇabtᵉkâʼSabteca, the name of a son of Cush, and the region settled by himH5455 →
- HavilahChăvîylâhChavilah, the name of two or three eastern regionsH2341 →
- SabtahÇabtâʼSabta or Sabtah, the name of a son of Cush, and the country occupied by his posterityH5454 →
- RaamahRaʻmâhRamah, the name of a grandson of Ham, and of a placeH7484 →
- ShebaShᵉbâʼSheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian districtH7614 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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