And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelled there of old. Treasury of Scripture the land. Judges 18:7-10 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelled careless... Ham. These were probably either Philistines or Egyptians, who dwelt at Gedor. Genesis 9:22-29 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers without... Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. Psalm 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: Psalm 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Context Their Conquest of Gedor
39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelled there of old. 41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and dwelled in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelled there to this day. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.
Darby Bible Translation
And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
King James Bible
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
Young's Literal Translation
and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.
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