“Who were the Philistines?”
We find the answer in Genesis 10:6-14:
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And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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The Philistines are the descendants of Philistim, which came from Casluhim, which came from Mizraim, who was the son of Ham, the son of Noah.
Of Noah’s three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the whole earth was overspread.
But Ham dishonoured his father and was cursed by God (Genesis 9:22-27).
Among the sons of Ham are the Canaanites, the Philistines, and the Egyptians, who have been a trouble to Israel (of the sons of Shem) throughout history, and still are today.
The Philistines are still on the earth today.
They are a pagan and wicked people just as they always have been, and today they are called Palestinians.
Amen.