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NASB | Genesis 10:6 ¶ The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 10:6 ¶ the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan; |
Bible Question: from which of the sons of noah does the african race descend? |
Bible Answer: I think it is Ham. This guy wrote a pretty good article about it. "According to the Bible the ancient Egyptians were descended from Ham through the line of Mizraim. Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan (Genesis 10:6). The name "Mizraim" is the original name given for Egypt in the Hebrew Old Testament. The name "Egypt" itself actually comes to us from the Greeks who gave the Land that name (i.e. "Aegyptos" from the Greek). In addition to the name "Mizraim," the ancient Egyptians also referred to their land as "Kemet" which means "Land of the Blacks." Western historians, however, say that the word "Kemet" refers to the color of the soil of the land rather than its people. But, the word "Kemet" is actually an ethnic term being a derivative of the word "Khem" (Cham or Ham) which means "burnt" or "black." Ham, who was one of the three sons of Noah and the direct ancestor of the Egyptians, was black. The Bible, in the Old Testament, repeatedly refers to Egypt as the "Land of Ham." Regarding the ancient Egyptians, there is also considerable historical evidence, aside from the Bible, that they were of Black or Negro origin. Even today the true Egyptian is not to be found in the cities but in the country sides and farmlands of Egypt. Most of the Egyptians in the cities carry a mixed ancestry of European and Asian, but mostly Asian from immigration of various people into Egypt throughout the centuries." Babu G. Ranganathan is a resident of West Hartford, Connecticut (U.S.A.) and is a parishioner of Faith Bible Church |
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