They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.
NIV
And they found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful, because people of Ham had dwelt there of old [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].
AMP
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
KJV