Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Gen 10:8-10. He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth, that is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bore rule in...
Commenting on Genesis 10:6-14
And Mizraim begat Ludim,.... Mizraim was the second son of Ham, of whom See Gill on Gen 10:6. Ludim he is said to beget, the word being plural, is not the name of a man, but of his posterity; and the sense is, that Mizraim begat the father of the Ludim, whose name very probably was Lud, which name is preserved in Isa 66:19.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (h) Of Lud came the Lydians.