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Cush (man)

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Cush (Hebrew: כּוּשׁ, Kuš; "Dark") was a Noah and the eldest Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of Nimrod, mentioned in the "Table of Nations" in the Book of Genesis (X. 6) and in I Chronicles (I: 8).

Genesis 10:6 lists the sons of Cush as Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. However, Genesis 10:8 also states that Cush was the father of Nimrod; this may indicate that another Cush is referred to in v.8, or that Nimrod was descended from Cush via some generations that aren't listed (as was sometimes done in Biblical geneologies). However, the sons listed in v.6 settled in Africa, southern Arabia, and India, and Nimrod's kingdom is clearly in Mesopotamia. The most likely explanation is that Nimrod was indeed a son of Cush, but because of some quarrel he became estranged, and so settled elsewhere; this estrangement also could explain Nimrod's exclusion from v.6.

His descendants are the Cushites, who settled in the land of Cush. Cush is the father of the entire black race.