The country from which, beside the Caphtorim, came some of the Philistines. They sprang from Mizraim, son of Ham (Deut. 23; Amos 9:7). In Jeremiah 47:4 (margin) the “isles” may only signify “maritime border.” Caphtor is supposed to be somewhere in Egypt, but has not been identified. See CASLUHIM