Verse 13
13. Mizraim The descendants of Mizraim formed the Egyptian nations . Comp . note on Genesis 10:6. The names of these seven Egyptian peoples cannot all be with certainty identified . All these words are plurals in im .
Ludim Must be distinguished from the Shemitic Lud. Genesis 10:22. A warlike people of Northern Africa, associated by the prophets with the Lybyans and Ethiopians as those who handle the bow and shield.
Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 27:10, etc . It is possible, but not probable, that the prophets in the above passages may refer to the Shemitic Lud . Some (Movers) make this a Mauritanian race; others (Knobel) assign them to Northeast Egypt .
Anamim Inhabitants of the Nile Delta.
Lehabim Elsewhere called Lubim, Lybyans, yet not the Lybyans proper, who descended from Phut, but the Egyptian Lybyans, dwelling west of the Nile Delta. Shishak, king of Egypt, had them in the army which he led against Jerusalem in the days of Rehoboam, (2 Chronicles 12:3,) and Nahum and Daniel associate them with the Ethiopians.
Naphtuhim Middle Egyptians, people of Phtah, which is the name of an Egyptian god. Memphis means the dwelling of Phtah. (Gesen., Champol.)
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