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New Century Version

1 Chronicles 1:9

Cush's sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's sons were Sheba and Dedan.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cush;   Dedan;   Ethiopia;   Genealogy;   Ham;   Havilah;   Raamah;   Sabta;   Sabtecha;   Seba;   Sheba;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Raamah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sabtah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cush (2);   Sabtah;   Sabtecha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Raama(h);   Table of Nations;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Havilah;   Raamah;   Seba;   Sheba;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cush;   Dedan ;   Havilah ;   Raamah ;   Sabta, Sabtah ;   Sabtecha, Sabtechah ;   Seba ;   Sheba ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dedan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - De'dan;   Sab'tah;   Sab'techa,;   Se'ba;   She'ba;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Havilah;   Raama;   Sabta;   Sabteca;   Seba;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dedanim;   Sabeans;   Sibyl;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Kush: Seva, and Havilah, and Savtah, and Ra`mah, and Savtekha. The sons of Ra`mah: Sheva, and Dedan.
King James Version
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
English Standard Version
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
New English Translation
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raama: Sheba and Dedan.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
World English Bible
The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Cush, Siba and Hauilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. Also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Contemporary English Version
Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Kush: S'va, Havilah, Savta, Ra‘ma and Savt'kha. The sons of Ra‘ma: Sh'va and D'dan.
Darby Translation
—And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabachtha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Daran.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Literal Translation
and the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Chus are these: Seba, Heuila, Sabtha, Reyma & Sabthecha. The childre of Reyma are these: Sheba & Dedan.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raama and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Chus: Seba, and Hauila, Sabbetha, and Raama: and Sabtheca. And the sonnes of Raama: Seba, and Dedan.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raama: Sheba, and Dedan.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Cush: Siba, and Hauilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sonnes of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sebethaca: and the sons of Regma, Saba, and Dadan.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sones of Chus weren Saba, and Euila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. Forsothe the sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
New King James Version
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Genesis 10:7">[fn] Raama, Genesis 10:7">[fn] and Sabtecha. The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
New Life Bible
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
New Revised Standard
The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav'ilah, Sabta, Ra'ama, and Sab'teca. The sons of Ra'amah: Sheba and Dedan.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecka. And sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
THE MESSAGE
Cush had Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah had Sheba and Dedan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

Contextual Overview

1 Adam was the father of Seth. Seth was the father of Enosh. Enosh was the father of Kenan. 2 Kenan was the father of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the father of Jared. Jared was the father of Enoch. 3 Enoch was the father of Methuselah. Methuselah was the father of Lamech, and Lamech was the father of Noah. 4 The sons of Noah were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth's sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 Gomer's sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan's sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. 8 Ham's sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 Cush's sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's sons were Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew up to become a mighty warrior on the earth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sabta: i.e. he compassed the chamber; to surround, [Strong's H5454]. Genesis 10:7, Sabtechah, i.e. terror, [Strong's H5455], Genesis 10:7

Reciprocal: Isaiah 21:13 - O ye Ezekiel 27:15 - Dedan Ezekiel 27:22 - Sheba

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:5
God named the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God said, "Let there be something to divide the water in two."
Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened.
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants—some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said, "Have many children and grow in number. Fill the earth and be its master. Rule over the fish in the sea and over the birds in the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 1:29
God said, "Look, I have given you all the plants that have grain for seeds and all the trees whose fruits have seeds in them. They will be food for you.
Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky out over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:9. Seba, and Havilah — "Sindi and Hindi, and Semadaei, and Libyes and the Zingitae; but the sons of the Mauritanians, Demargad and Mesag." - T.


 
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