10:13 Mizraim 1 was the father of 2 the Ludites, 3 Anamites, 4 Lehabites, 5 Naphtuhites, 6
10:15 Canaan was the father of 7 Sidon his firstborn, 8 Heth, 9
1 sn Mizraim is the Hebrew name for Egypt (cf. NRSV).
2 tn Heb “fathered.”
3 sn The Ludites were African tribes west of the Nile Delta.
4 sn The Anamites lived in North Africa, west of Egypt, near Cyrene.
5 sn The Lehabites are identified with the Libyans.
6 sn The Naphtuhites lived in Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta region).
7 tn Heb “fathered.”
8 sn Sidon was the foremost city in Phoenicia; here Sidon may be the name of its founder.
9 tn Some see a reference to “Hittites” here (cf. NIV), but this seems unlikely. See the note on the phrase “sons of Heth” in Gen 23:3.
10 tn Heb “fathered.”
11 sn The name Almodad combines the Arabic article al with modad (“friend”). Almodad was the ancestor of a South Arabian people.
12 sn The name Sheleph may be related to Shilph, a district of Yemen; Shalph is a Yemenite tribe.
13 sn The name Hazarmaveth should be equated with Hadramawt, located in Southern Arabia.
14 sn The name Jerah means “moon.”