20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
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And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was in process of time to become the holy land, Immanuel’s land ; and this God had an eye to when, in the mean time, he…
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