Genesis 10:7
Verse
And the sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And Raamah's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan.
Footnotes
| 369 | From the verb seba’ (Strong’s #5433), to imbibe, drink heavily. They are prophesied in Isaiah 56 as watchmen, mute dogs, dreamers, greedy for unjust gain, “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe [seba’] the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” (Isa. 56:12 BLB). The Ransom These three, Cush, Mitzraim, and Drunkard (Seba) are given as a ransom and to take the place of Heel/Israel, “For Myself, Yahweh, your elohe, The Holy One of Israel, your Saviour, I have appointed Egypt (Mitzraim) your ransom [kopher], Cush and Seba in your underneath [tachath].” (Isa. 43:3 literal) Recall that Adam’s Rib was shut up with Flesh in her underneath [tachath] (Gen 2:21). Nimrod is the builder of Cush. “If there is over him a messenger, a mediator, one from a thousand [א], to declare to adam his uprightness, and he is favoring him and is saying, ‘Deliver him from descending to the Pit; I have found a ransom [kopher]’, his flesh has become fresh from a child, he turns back to the days of his youth.” Job 33:23-24 literal |
| 370 | Hebrew Havilah, circle, whirl, turned. See note on Genesis 2:11. |
| 371 | Raamah means rage or thunder (#from #7481) and is used prophetically of the war horse in Job 39:19 “Do you clothe his neck with thunder?”, of the Earth and Sea (Ps. 96:11), and of the Dual-Heavens (Ps. 18:3). Recall that as Jesus gives a prophetic name to Simon (Peter, meaning Rock), he also gives a prophetic name to James and John calling-out the two of them “builders of Thunder”. He told them at the beginning he would make them “fishers of men”. These three renamed disciples were the only ones taken up on a mountain to the transfiguration (Matt. 17). Sheba and Dedan are found again as grandsons of Father-of-Tumult by his concubine (Gen. 25:1-3). From Sheba comes the Queen of Sheba to hear Solomon’s wisdom bearing with her spices, gold, and precious stones (1 Kin. 10:1-2). |
| 372 | Strong’s #7614. Sheba. Seven. As was foretold in Genesis 9:25, those from Ham and Opened would be serving Shem with Ham being the accursed, “The kings of Tarshish [of Opened] and of the isles shall bring presents [#4503 – offering, tribute]: the kings of Sheba and Seba [of Ham] shall offer gifts [#814 – wages, payment].” Psalm 72:10 KJV. |
| 373 | Strong’s #1719. Dedan supplied horns of ivory (white) and ebony (black) and saddle cloths. Sheba and Thunder (Raamah) are “traders in the head” for the mother ship of “Tyre” who traded with her the whole of the spices, perfumes, and whole of the precious stones, and gold (Eze. 27:22). |