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Genesis 10:5-7
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Genesis 10:5-7
New English Translation
5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
6 The sons of Ham were Cush,[a] Mizraim,[b] Put,[c] and Canaan.[d] 7 The sons of Cush were Seba,[e] Havilah,[f] Sabtah,[g] Raamah,[h] and Sabteca.[i] The sons of Raamah were Sheba[j] and Dedan.[k]
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- Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).
- Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.
- Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.
- Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).
- Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.
- Genesis 10:7 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.
- Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.
- Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.
- Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.
- Genesis 10:7 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.
- Genesis 10:7 sn The name Dedan is associated with ʿUla in northern Arabia.
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