The Meaning of Genesis 10:6 Explained

Genesis 10:6

KJV: And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

YLT: And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Darby: And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

ASV: And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Ham;  Cush,  and Mizraim,  and Phut,  and Canaan. 

What does Genesis 10:6 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 10:6 mean?

And the sons of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan
וּבְנֵ֖י : חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: חָ֑ם  of  Ham 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָם  
Sense: 2nd son of Noah, father of Canaan and of various peoples which were inhabitants of southern lands.
כּ֥וּשׁ  Cush 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כּוּשׁ 
Sense: a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7.
וּמִצְרַ֖יִם  and  Mizraim 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
וּפ֥וּט  and  Put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פּוּט  
Sense: a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans.
וּכְנָֽעַן  and  Canaan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.