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10 “Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya[a] served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.

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  1. 27:10 Hebrew Paras, Lud, and Put.

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya[a] will join you, too, with all their weapons.

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  1. 38:5 Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put.

    Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia,[a]
and all their other allies
    will be destroyed in that war.

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  1. 30:5 Hebrew Cush, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Cub. Cub is otherwise unknown and may be another spelling for Lub (Libya).

Charge, you horses and chariots;
    attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt!
Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia[a]
    who are skilled with the shield and bow!

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  1. 46:9 Hebrew from Cush, Put, and Lud.

19 I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans[a] and Lydians[b] (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece,[c] and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

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  1. 66:19a As in some Greek manuscripts, which read Put [that is, Libya]; Hebrew reads Pul.
  2. 66:19b Hebrew Lud.
  3. 66:19c Hebrew Javan.

Ethiopia[a] and the land of Egypt
    gave unlimited assistance.
The nations of Put and Libya
    were among her allies.

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  1. 3:9 Hebrew Cush.

28 Parsin[a] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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  1. 5:28 Aramaic Peres, the singular of Parsin.

11 Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.

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Descendants of Shem

17 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

The descendants of Aram were[a] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.[b]

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  1. 1:17a As in one Hebrew manuscript and some Greek manuscripts (see also Gen 10:23); most Hebrew manuscripts lack The descendants of Aram were.
  2. 1:17b As in parallel text at Gen 10:23; Hebrew reads and Meshech.

11 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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Descendants of Ham

The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim,[a] Put, and Canaan.

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  1. 1:8 Or Egypt; also in 1:11.

22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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13 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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Descendants of Ham

The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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