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Et sted øst for Jordan nævnt mellem Ashteroth-karnaim og Shaveh-kiriathaim, hvor Kedorlaomer slog Zu-zim [1Mos 14:5 ]. Intet navn, der ligner dette, er blevet genfundet. Septuaginta læser bahem "med dem" i stedet for beham, "i Ham." Nogle har ment, at "Ham" kan være en forvanskning af "Ammon"; eller at det kan være det gamle navn for Rabbath-ammon selv.
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Ham
warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning "black", the youngest son of Noah [(Gen 5:32); comp. (Gen 9:22; 9:24)]. The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.
One of the most important facts recorded in (Gen 10:1etc.) is the foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the grandson of Ham (Gen 10:6; 10:8; 10:10). The primitive Babylonian empire was thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia. (See ACCAD)
The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary