Gen 10:13-14 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 13. Mizraim begat Ludim ] Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the Mareotis , a canton in Egypt, for the name Ludim is evidently the name of a people. Anamim ] According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon. Lehabim ] The Libyans , or a people who dwelt on the west of the Thebaid , and were called Libyo-Egyptians . Naphtuhim ] Even the conjectures can scarcely fix a place for these people. Bochart seems inclined to place them in Marmarica , or among the Troglodytae.

‏ Genesis 10:13-14

Verse 13. Mizraim begat Ludim] Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the Mareotis, a canton in Egypt, for the name Ludim is evidently the name of a people.

Anamim] According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon.

Lehabim] The Libyans, or a people who dwelt on the west of the Thebaid, and were called Libyo-Egyptians.

Naphtuhim] Even the conjectures can scarcely fix a place for these people. Bochart seems inclined to place them in Marmarica, or among the Troglodytae.

Verse 14. Pathrusim] The inhabitants of the Delta, in Egypt, according to the Chaldee paraphrase; but, according to Bochart, the people who inhabited the Thebaid, called Pathros in Scripture.

Casluhim] The inhabitants of Colchis; for almost all authors allow that Colchis was peopled from Egypt.

Philistim] The people called Philistines, the constant plagues and frequent oppressors of the Israelites, whose history may be seen at large in the books of Samuel, Kings, &c.

Caphtorim] Inhabitants of Cyprus according to Calmet.