A little History this morning..................... Ham’s descendants Sons of Ham: (Egypt, Aithiopia: Ethiopia, later called Africa by the Greeks: The orginal name was Alebu-kan cited by the Africans) Cush: The empire of Kush to the south of Egypt is also associated with the Kassites who inhabited the Zagros mountain area of Mesopotamia, The Sumerian city of Kish was connected to the land of Ethiopia via the kingdoms of Cush.. Josephus gives an account of the nation of Cush, son of Ham: “For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Cush; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Cushites.” (Antiquities of the Jews 1.6). The historical Kingdom of Kush is located in what is now known as northern Sudan. Modern Cushitic branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by various populations in the Horn of Africa are named after Cush. The Cushitic speaking people today dwell in the regions of Somali, Afaria, Oromo and many other tribes are considered offspring of Cush. The Beja people who speak a native Cushitic language have specific genealogical traditions as the descendants of Cush. The wife of Moses was also a Cushite woman according to the Book of Numbers 12:1. Fragments of the Eusebius has Zipporah describing herself to Moses as a stranger in a strange land in the land of Midian, she describes the inhabitants of her ancestral lands in Africa: “Stranger in a strange land,” An ancient name for the African continent was Libya. It was inhabited by tribes of various people, particularly Ethiopians. Cush was applied to tracts of country on both sides of the Red Sea in Arabia: Mesopotamia (Yemen today) and in Africa. The rhetorical question of Jeremiah; ”Can a Cushite change his skin?” Jeremiah 13:23, implies a people of a markedly different skin color from the Israelites, most likely ancestral people of Africa. The Septuagint Greek translation of the Old Testament translated the word Cush as “Ethiop or Ethiopia.” Kerma and Kemet (KMT) is one of the oldest cities known to the Cushite Nubians.The ‘Two lands” of Egypt as well as Narmer, Menes and Aha [all of questionable identity of being one person or all the same personage were all descendants of Cushite Nubians. Descendants of Ham: Genetically Egyptians Ethiopians Phoenicians Libyans Canaanites Nubians Thebans Sudanese Indians Moors (Carthage) Descendants of Ham: Biblical Canaanites Gen. 10:18 Gibeonites II Sam 21:12 Hittites Ex. 3:8-17 Jebusites Ex. 31:5; 23:23-28 Perizzites Josh. 11:3; I Kings 9:20 Ham’s descendants {Africans} dispersed throughout the ancient world. Ham’s descendants migrated throughout the providence building the great centers of ancient civilizations, not only in Egypt but Nubia, Kerma, Mesopotamia, Sumer, Canaan, parts of Arabia, Syria, Phoenicia, Turkey, Babylon, southern Persia (Iran), Iraq, Eastern Pakistan, and a large portion of India in the Indus Valley. Biblical : Book of Jasher writes: Seir, the son of Hur, son of Hivi, son of Canaan, went and found a valley opposite to Mount Oaran, and built a city there, and he and his seven sons and his household dwelt there, and he called the city which he built Seir, after his own name, that is, the land of Seir. According to Book of Jasher Seir’s daughter becomes the concubine of Eliphaz; the son of Esau. Esau marries a daughter of Ishmael’s, by the name of Basemath.). Sons of Cush: Seba (son of Cush): Has been identified with both Yemen and Eritrea, and also known as (Sabeans). Havilah: (son of Cush) Considered to be a part of the Arabian peninsula near the Red Sea. Sabta (son of Cush) Connected with Hadhramis (The ancient capital of Saubatha) in Eastern Yemen. Sabateans are now connected by the Greeks to Astaborans. Sabtechah (son of Cush) Identified with Sabaiticum Ostium, Sabaeans who lived around a specific harbor in Eritrea. (Sabateans) Nimrod (son or grandson of Cush) although Nimrod is listed as a son of Cush he is believed to be the grandson of Cush through his son Havilah. Founder of ancient Babel, Akkad, Sumer and cities in Assyria. Some theorist have speculated Ashhur of (Shem’s line) built the city, however several historians disagree and cite Nimrod as the builder of these cities.(cf. Gen.10:6, 8-12; 1 Chron. 1:8) Raamah: (son of Cush) Connected with Rhammanitae mentioned by Strabo in the southwest Arabian Peninsula, and with the Arabian city of Regmah at the head of the Persian Gulf. The name of Raamah is first mentioned as a son of Cush in (Gen. 10:7) and later appears as a country that traded with the Phoenician city-states of Tyre mentioned in Ezekiel. Sheba (son of Raamah) Has been connected with the Sabaeans and the people of both sides of the Red Sea in both Mesopotamia now Yemen and what is now known as Saudi Arabia) and Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Dedan (son of Raamah): is Identified with the Tabuk providence of Saudi Arabia Mizraim: Mizraim is a name for Upper and Lower Egypt and translates (The Two Lands). Arabic, today’s modern Egyptians refer to their country as Misr meaning “land”. (Mestre) Ludim (son of Mizraim) is identified with the Lebu of Eastern Libya. According to Josephus the original land of Ludim was destroyed. Anamim ((son of Mizraim) is identified with Assyrian inscriptions from Sargon II’s era to Anami. A tribe located in Cyrene, Libya. Ancestors of Anamim are connected to the people of Northern Africa surrounding Egypt. A text from Assyria, dating from the time of Sargon II, called the Egyptians “Anami” Lehabim (son of Mizraim), identity uncertain possibly Libyan. Naphtuhim (son of Mizraim) identified with Na-Ptah, the Egyptian form of Memphis. Pathrusim (son of Mizraim), is identified with the Egyptian word Pa-To-Ris meaning southerners. Casluhim (son of Mizraim) From whom the Philistines originate:. Caphorim (son of Mizraim) associated with Caphtor, possibly Crete, Cyprus or both. Phut is Identified with Libyans (Lebu and Pitu), the earliest neighbors of Egypt. However Hatshepsut’s travel logs mention sailing south west and picking up Giraffes, hippopotamus and other animals native to southern, south central regions of East Africa.. It is believed that Punt, (Put), was located within the horn of Africa, most likely Somalia. The ancient Egyptians call Punt Ta- Netter meaning “God’s Land” Older literature interprets Punt as the Holy Land or Land of the gods/ancestors, meant that the ancient Egyptians indicated that the Land of Punt was their ancestral homeland. E. A. Wallis Budge writes, that “Egyptian tradition of the Dynastic Period held that the aboriginal home of the Egyptians was Punt…”.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:42:40 +0000
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