Genesis 10:6-8

6 ¹The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

7 The sons of Cush were ²Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and ³Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were ⁴Sheba and ⁵Dedan.

8 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became * a mighty one on the earth.

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Genesis 10:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Ge 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Ge 10:2-5 of the posterity of Ham, Ge 10:6-20 and of the posterity of Shem, Ge 10:21-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Chronicles 1:8-10
2. Isaiah 43:3
3. Ezekiel 27:22
4. Ezekiel 27:22
5. Ezekiel 27:15, 20

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "begot"
[b]. Lit "began to be"

Genesis 10:6-8

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Genesis 10:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

Cross References 5

Footnotes 2