Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Chronicles 4:40
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There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
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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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They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
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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.
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1 Chronicles 4
38 These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
39 and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
40 There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
41 These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
42 And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
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