Who
The eldest son of Ham (Genesis 10:6), father of the peoples of Cush, the land south of Egypt that the Greeks called Ethiopia. “Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth” (Genesis 10:8), the hunter and founder of Babel and Nineveh. The Ethiopian of Acts 8, the first Gentile from afar baptized, came from this land, and the Psalm foretells, “Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God” (Psalm 68:31).
Key verses
- Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:8
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Where the Bible names him
Family
- Parents