Philistim: hence the name of Palestine. Compare Amos 9:7; Jeremiah 47:4. The parenthesis in this verse should come after Caphtorim as these gave the name Philistine. The five cities of the Philistines (Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath) were on the confines of Egypt (Deuteronomy 2:23).
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Genesis 10:14
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.