Bible Strands
Genesis 10:14
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a genealogical list of Mizraim’s descendants within the Table of Nations. This moment follows the listing of Mizraim’s other sons and precedes the account of Canaan’s lineage.
The words — The text notes כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים (kasluChim), meaning the Casluhites, and specifies that the Philistines יָצְא֥וּ (yats'U) came out מִ/שָּׁ֛ם (miSham) from them.
The thread — The Caphtorites and Philistines appear in Jeremiah 47:4 and Deuteronomy 2:23, where they are linked to the migration from Caphtor and the displacement of the Avvim. 1 Chronicles 1:12 repeats this exact genealogical note.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the documented origins of neighboring nations within Israel’s ancestral framework. It establishes that later geopolitical conflicts and territorial shifts stem from recorded familial and migratory lines.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
- Deuteronomy 2:23 And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
- 1 Chronicles 1:12 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
- Amos 9:7 “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
- Isaiah 11:11 On 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.
- Jeremiah 44:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros: