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Adam Clarke on Genesis 10:6

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Genesis10:6

Cush - Who peopled the Arabic nome near the Red Sea in Lower Egypt. Some think the Ethiopians descended from him.

Mizraim - This family certainly peopled Egypt; and both in the East and in the West, Egypt is called Mezr and Mezraim.

Phut - Who first peopled an Egyptian nome or district, bordering on Libya.

Canaan - He who first peopled the land so called, known also by the name of the Promised Land.

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