

[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).
[10:15] 6 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
[10:15] 7 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.