1 Chronicles 4:40

WEB

⁴⁰They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.

KJV

⁴⁰And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

BSB

⁴⁰There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

FBV

⁴⁰They found good pastureland there, and the area was open, quiet, and peaceful, for those who used to live there were Ham's descendants.

Extra References

Judges 18:7-10

⁷Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else. ⁸They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”

⁹They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land. ¹⁰When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”

Genesis 10:6

⁶The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Psalms 105:23

²³Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

Psalms 78:51

⁵¹and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Genesis 9:22-29

²²Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. ²³Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness. ²⁴Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him. ²⁵He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

²⁶He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. ²⁷May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”

²⁸Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood. ²⁹All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.