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From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

The sons of Ham were Cush,[a] Mizraim,[b] Put,[c] and Canaan.[d] The sons of Cush were Seba,[e] Havilah,[f] Sabtah,[g] Raamah,[h] and Sabteca.[i] The sons of Raamah were Sheba[j] and Dedan.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).
  2. Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.
  3. Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.
  4. Genesis 10:6 sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).
  5. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.
  6. Genesis 10:7 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.
  7. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.
  8. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.
  9. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.
  10. Genesis 10:7 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.
  11. Genesis 10:7 sn The name Dedan is associated with ʿUla in northern Arabia.