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New King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:8

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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.
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 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 Genesis 5:1-32; 10:1-32; 11:10-26; Luke 3:34-38">[xr] Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Cainan, [fn] Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, [fn] Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, Genesis 10:3">[fn] and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Genesis 10:4">[fn] Kittim, and Rodanim. Genesis 10:4">[fn] 8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 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. 10 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

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
God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13
So the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 1:19
So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
So the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.

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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