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Ps 78:51 King James And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
chief of their strength--literally, "first-fruits," or, "first-born" (Gen 49:3; Deu 21:17).

Ham--one of whose sons gave name (Mizraim, Hebrew) to Egypt.
 
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17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.