1 Chronicles 1:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.^[a]

⁸Ham was the father of Ethiopia,^[b] Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. ⁹Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan.

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Footnotes

1.7 Dodanim: Most Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation (see also Genesis 10.2-5); some Hebrew manuscripts “Rodanim.” In Hebrew the letters “d” and “r” look almost exactly the same.
1.8 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.