4:40a There they found rich, good pasture,

They found fertile land and good pastures.
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They found good fields that had plenty of grass. (Easy English Bible)

4:40b and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet;

The land was large, peaceful, and quiet.
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It was in a wide stretch of open country where everything was quiet and people gave them no trouble.

4:40c for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

The people who lived in the land earlier were ancestors of Ham.
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Some of Ham’s descendants had been living in that region. (New Living Translation (2004))

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