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
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw that the people that dwelt there were secure, idle, and confident after the manner of the Zidonians; and there was no one in that land that might hinder them in any way from possessing that land; furthermore they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with anyone.

Ham

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren outside.
Genesis 10:6
And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
Psalm 78:51
and smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham:
Psalm 105:23
Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.