Bible Strands
Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records a genealogical list of Ham’s descendants immediately after describing how Noah’s other sons’ peoples divided into territories.
The words — חָם (Cham) translates literally to Ham, and כְּנָעַן (khe.Na.'an) translates to Canaan, anchoring the list in direct familial lineage.
The thread — This exact enumeration appears in 1 Chronicles 1:8, while Genesis 9:22 identifies Ham as Canaan’s father, and 1 Chronicles 4:40 notes later Hamite habitation.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Canaan’s place in a broader ancestral catalog, framing subsequent biblical narratives around defined familial and territorial boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- 1 Chronicles 4:40 There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
- Psalms 78:51 He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 105:27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- 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 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Ezekiel 27:10 Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.