Genesis 10:6-8

10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, ¹  Mizraim, ²  Put, ³  and Canaan. ⁴  10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, ⁵  Havilah, ⁶  Sabtah, ⁷  Raamah, ⁸  and Sabteca. ⁹  The sons of Raamah were Sheba ¹⁰  and Dedan. ¹¹ 

10:8 Cush was the father of ¹²  Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.

[10:6]  ¹ sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).

[10:6]  ² sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.

[10:6]  ³ sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.

[10:6]  ⁴ sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).

[10:7]  ⁵ sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.

[10:7]  ⁶ sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.

[10:7]  ⁷ sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.

[10:7]  ⁸ sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.

[10:7]  ⁹ sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.

[10:7]  ¹⁰ sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.

[10:7]  ¹¹ sn The name Dedan is associated with àUla in northern Arabia.

[10:8]  ¹² tn Heb “fathered.” Embedded within Cush’s genealogy is an account of Nimrod, a mighty warrior. There have been many attempts to identify him, but none are convincing.