Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

The land

Bible References

The land

Judges 18:7
The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.

Ham

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 10:6
Ham’s sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Psalm 78:51
He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.
Psalm 105:23
Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

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