More about Ham
As we read the Old Testament, we are sometimes baffled by names of places and where they were/are located. As the study of Ham continues, it must be kept in mind that the land settled is named for that person. For example, Ham fathered Egypt and turned to idolatry calling himself Son of the Moon (translated in Noah’s time as Egypt) and often referred to as the Land of Ham. The Hamites were known for physical strength, long endurance, and warlike. Ham and his descendants fathered 30 countries. His four sons were Cush, Phut (Put), Mizraim, and Canaan.
Cush settled Ethiopia (Turanian Race) south of Egypt and some migrated north of the Persian Gulf [See Map]. Cush’s sons fathered:
Seba (Meroe)
Havilah (Arabia)
Sabtah/Sabtecah (Sabbatha)
Raamah (Persian Gulf); two children, Sheba and Dedan
Mizraim (Egypt) fathered:
Ludim (Nubia)
Anamites
Lehabim (Libya)
Naphtuhitim (Napetu)
Pathrusim (Pathros)
Casluhites/Kasluhites (Phillestia)
Philistines
Caphtorites (Crete)
Phut/Put fathered Lybya
Canaan (Canaanites)
Sidonites
Hittites
Jubusites
Amorites
Girgashites
Hivites
Arkites
Sinites
Avadites
Zemarites
Hamathites
Next Up Noah’s Son, Shem.