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Lehabim

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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LEHABIM , occurring only in Genesis 10:18 (= 1 Chronicles 1:11 ), are descendants of Mizraim, the Egyptian eponym. The general opinion is that they are the same as the Lubim (wh. see), whether the word is an alternative traditional pronunciation of the name of this people, or whether, as is more probable, the form here given is due to textual corruption. The fact that Lubim or Libyans is a fairly common word, and that it is not found in the ethnological list of Genesis 10:1-32 , where it would naturally appear in the place of Lehabim, adds something to the evidence of identity. Perhaps Ludim (wh. see) in the same verse is another variant.

J. F. M’Curdt.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Lehabim'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​l/lehabim.html. 1909.
 
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