Genesis 10:7-9

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.
2. Genesis 10:7 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.
3. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.
4. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.
5. Genesis 10:7 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.
6. Genesis 10:7 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.
7. Genesis 10:7 sn The name Dedan is associated with ʿUla in northern Arabia.
8. Genesis 10:8 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.
9. Genesis 10:9 tn The Hebrew word for “hunt” is צַיִד (tsayid), which is used on occasion for hunting men (1 Sam 24:12; Jer 16:16; Lam 3:15).
10. Genesis 10:9 tn Another option is to take the divine name here, לִפְנֵי יִהוָה (lifne y^ehvah, “before the Lord [YHWH]”), as a means of expressing the superlative degree. In this case one may translate “Nimrod was the greatest hunter in the world.”