The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
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And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raama: Sheba, and Dedan.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Seba, and Havilah] "Sindi and Hindi, and…
Verse 9. Seba, and Havilah] "Sindi and Hindi, and Semadaei, and Libyes and the Zingitae; but the sons of the Mauritanians, Demargad and Mesag." - T.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. the sons of Cush] According to some authorities…
9. the sons of Cush] According to some authorities Seba and Havilah are to be sought in Africa on the W. coast of the Red and the Gulf of Aden, while Sabta, Raamah, and Sabtecha (R.V. Sabteca) are to be sought in Arabia. According to another view (Sayce, Higher Criticism, p. 133) all five tribes belonged to Arabia.
Seba] In Isa_43:3; Isa_45:14 Seba (the Sabeans) is mentioned along with Egypt and Cush, and in Psa_72:10 along with Sheba. The first two passages suggest Africa, the third Arabia as Seba’s home.
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Sheba and Dedan] The same two names occur together in 1Ch_1:32 as descendants of Shem through Jokshan. Possibly the same two tribes are meant in both places, and Sheba and Dedan were of mixed origin, Hamitic and Semitic.
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