1 Chronicles 4:40
“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.”
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1 Chronicles 4:40 Context
38These mentioned by their names, were Princes in their families, and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their flocks. 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. 41And these written by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roomes: because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42And some of them, euen of the sonnes of Simeon, fiue hundred men, went to mount Seir, hauing for their captaines Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sonnes of Ishi.
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Other Translations for 1 Chronicles 4:40
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.
- King James Version
They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly {were} Hamites.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.
- Basic English Bible
And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.
- Darby Bible
And they found rich pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
- Webster's Bible
They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for those who lived there before were of Ham.
- World English Bible
and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Chronicles 4:40
4:40 Fat pasture, &c. - Those who thus dwelt (as we do) in a fruitfulcountry, and whose land is wide and quiet and peaceable, have reason toown themselves indebted to that God, who appoints the bounds of ourhabitation. Of Ham - The Canaanites, who descended from Ham.And accordingly these words contain a reason, why they went and possessedthis place, because it was not in the hands of their brethren of Judah,but in the possession of that people which they had authority to expel.