Genesis 10:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.”

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BSBPD

“The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And sons of Ham <FI>are<Fi> Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 10:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 2:13The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
  2. Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  3. Genesis 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
  4. Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  6. 1 Chronicles 4:40There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
  7. Psalms 78:51He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
  8. Psalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
  9. Psalms 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
  10. Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  11. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  12. Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
  13. Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.

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