Genesis 10:6 (KJV)

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And the sons of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan
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Cross-references

A.M. 1676. B.C. 2228. And the. Ge 9:22 1Ch 1:8-16 1Ch 4:40 Ps 78:51 Ps 105:23 Ps 105:27 Ps 106:22

Cush. Isa 11:11

Phut. Jer 46:9 Eze 27:10

Ham.Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly significant of the regions allotted to his family. To the Cushites, or descendants of Cush, were allotted the hot southern regions of Asia, along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Susiana or Chusistan, etc.; to the sons of Canaan, Palestine and Syria; to the sons of Mizraim, Egypt and Libya, in Africa.

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