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Good News Translation

1 Chronicles 1:8

The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

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

1 Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan, 2 Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared. 3 Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech, 4 who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 6 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes. 8 The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 9 The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 10 (Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)

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 he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:10
He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw.
Genesis 1:13
Evening passed and morning came—that was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
Evening passed and morning came—that was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
Evening passed and morning came—that was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, blessed them, and named them "Human Beings.")

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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