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The posterity of
Ham were disposed into the parts south from Babel, both in Asia and Africa. See 1Ch_4:40 Psa_105:27.
Cush was father both of the Ethiopians and the Arabians; who, as it seems, sent forth a colony from themselves more eastward, even near to India. See Gen_2:13 2Ki_19:9 Job_28:19 Jer_13:23, Jer_46:9.
Mizraim was father of the Egyptians, who are generally known in Scripture by that name.
Of
Phut sprung the Libyans, among whom is the river Put, and the Moors. See Jer_46:9 Eze_27:10, Eze_30:5, Nah_3:9.
Canaan was the cursed parent of that accursed race of the Canaanites, well known in Scripture, Gen_10:15.