1 Chronicles 1:8

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

1 Chronicles 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 1:8

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5)

1 Chronicles 1:8 In-Context

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.)