Genesis 10

Genesis · Chapter 10

Genesis 10:7

1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.15And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and [the] sons ofוּבְנֵ֣יu-ve-NEIH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Cushכ֔וּשׁKhushH3568G
Cush

כּוּשׁ (kush) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6; son of: Ham (H2526); brother of: Canaan (H3667), Egypt (H4714) and Put (H6316); father of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Cush = "black" a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7:1

[were] Sebaסְבָא֙se-VA'H5434G
Seba

סְבָא (se.va) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Seba = "drink thou" 1) a son of Cush 2) a nation south of Palestine, perhaps Ethiopia

and Havilahוַֽחֲוִילָ֔הva-cha-vi-LAHH2341H
Havilah

חֲוִילָה (cha.vi.lah) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Havilah = "circle" 1) a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea 2) a district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen 3) a son of Cush 4) a son of Joktan

and Sabtahוְסַבְתָּ֥הve-sav-TAHH5454
Sabtah

סַבְתָּה (sav.tah) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248); also called Sabta at 1Ch.1.9; § Sabta or Sabtah = "striking" the 3rd son of Cush

and Raamahוְרַעְמָ֖הve-ra'-MAHH7484G
Raamah

רַעְמָה (ra.mah) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248); father of: Sheba (H7614) and Dedan (H1719B); also called Raama at 1Ch.1.9; Raama at 1Ch.1.9; § Raamah = "horse's mane" 1) son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan 2) a home of traders

and Sabtecaוְסַבְתְּכָ֑אve-sav-te-KHA'H5455
Sabteca

סַבְתְּכָא (sav.te.kah) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484) and Nimrod (H5248) § Sabtecha = "striking" the 5th son of Cush

and [the] sons ofוּבְנֵ֥יu-ve-NEIH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Raamahרַעְמָ֖הra'-MAHH7484G
Raamah

רַעְמָה (ra.mah) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248); father of: Sheba (H7614) and Dedan (H1719B); also called Raama at 1Ch.1.9; Raama at 1Ch.1.9; § Raamah = "horse's mane" 1) son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan 2) a home of traders

[were] Shebaשְׁבָ֥אshe-VA'H7614G
Sabeans

סְבָאִים (se.va.i) People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614) § Sabeans = "drunkards" the people of Seba

and Dedanוּדְדָֽן׃u-de-DANH1719B
Dedan

רֹדָן (ro.dan) A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Sheba (H7614) § Dedan = "low country" Rhodes (or Rhodians)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.