40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
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Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. …
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. …
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-43)We have here some of the genealogies of the tribe of Simeon (though it was not a tribe of great note), especially the princes of that tribe, 1 Chron. 4:38. Of this tribe it is said that they increased greatly , but not like the children of Judah , 1 Chron. 4:27. Those whom God increases ought to be thankful, though they see others that are more increased. Here observe, 1. The cities allotted them…
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