1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Psalms 77:51 *And he killed all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-fruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.

Exodus 12:29.
Labour. "The first-born," (St. Jerome; Genesis 49:3., and Proverbs 5:9.) and their best effects. (Calmet) --- This was the tenth plague. Cham was the father of Misraim, who peopled Egypt. (Worthington)