The Meaning of Genesis 10:14 Explained

Genesis 10:14

KJV: And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

YLT: and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.

Darby: and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.

ASV: and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Pathrusim,  and Casluhim,  (out of whom came  Philistim,  ) and Caphtorim. 

What does Genesis 10:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Genesis 10

1  The generations of Noah
2  Japheth
6  Ham
8  Nimrod becomes the first monarch; the descendants of Canaan
21  The sons of Shem

What do the individual words in Genesis 10:14 mean?

and Pathrusim and the Casluhites which came from them the Philistines the Caphtorites -
וְֽאֶת־ פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים וְאֶת־ כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֥וּ מִשָּׁ֛ם )פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים כַּפְתֹּרִֽים ס

פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים  Pathrusim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: פַּתְרֻסִים  
Sense: inhabitants of Pathros.
כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים  the  Casluhites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּסְלֻחִים  
Sense: a people or tribe descended from Mizraim (Egypt) progenitors of the Philistines and Caphtorim.
יָצְא֥וּ  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מִשָּׁ֛ם  from  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
)פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים  the  Philistines 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
כַּפְתֹּרִֽים  the  Caphtorites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: כַּפְתֹּרִי  
Sense: Cretans as the inhabitants of Caphtor as distinct from the Philistines.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation