the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Parallel translations
- WEB the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
- KJV And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
- NKJV the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
- NASB the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
- NLT Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
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Quick answer
The final Canaanite groups complete Ham's branch through Canaan.
Overview
These last names close the list of Canaan's descendants (Genesis 10:18). With this the Chronicler finishes Ham's portion of the Table of Nations. The thoroughness of the record reflects a conviction that God orders all peoples and lands according to His purpose.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 34:8and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,
- 1 Kgs 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
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