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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 1:8

Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaan;   Cush;   Genealogy;   Ham;   Mizraim;   Phut;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mizraim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cush (2);   Phut;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Libya;   Put;   Table of Nations;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Put, Phut;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cush;   Ham;   Mizraim ;   Phut, Put;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Canaan;   Phut;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ca'naan;   Ham;   Phut, Put;   Put;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mizraim;   Sabteca;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Babylonia;   Cush;   Ethiopia;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Ham: Kush, and Mitzrayim, Put, and Kana`an.
King James Version
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
English Standard Version
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
New Century Version
Ham's sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New English Translation
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
World English Bible
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Ham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put and Kena‘an.
Darby Translation
The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
George Lamsa Translation
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Good News Translation
The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Literal Translation
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Ham are these: Chus, Misraim, Phut & Canaan.
American Standard Version
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Ham: Cush and Egypt, Put and Canaan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Ham: Chus, and Mizraim, Phut, and Chanaan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesraim, Phud and Chanaan.
English Revised Version
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Cham weren Chus, and Mesraym, Phuth, and Chanaan.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New King James Version
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New Life Bible
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New Revised Standard
The descendants of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesrai, and Phut, and Chanaan.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
THE MESSAGE
Ham had Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Contextual Overview

1Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 6 Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 9 Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. 10 Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. 11 Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. 13 Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sons: Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:7

Put: Genesis 10:6, Phut

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:22 - Ham Ezekiel 27:10 - of Lud Ezekiel 38:5 - Libya Nahum 3:9 - Put

Cross-References

Genesis 1:5
and named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening came and then morning—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry ground "Land," and he named the water "Ocean." God looked at what he had done and saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
Evening came and then morning—that was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
Evening came and then morning—that was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
Evening came and then morning—that was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at what he had done. All of it was very good! Evening came and then morning—that was the sixth day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:8. The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim — "Arabia and Egypt." - T.


 
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