Cush (man)

Cush ("Name means::black") was the eldest son of Son of::Ham, brother of Canaan. and the father of Nimrod, according to.

Descendants
Y-Chromosomal Haplogroup DE. lists the sons of Cush as Father of::Seba, Havilah, Father of::Sabtah, Father of::Raamah, and Father of::Sabteca. However, also states that Cush was the father of Father of::Nimrod; this may indicate that another Cush is referred to in verse 8, or that Nimrod was descended from Cush via some generations that aren't listed (as was sometimes done in Biblical genealogies). Haplogroup D was initiated in Havilah son of Cush, whose descendants likely blended in with the descendants of the son of Joktan of the same name. Sir Walter Raleigh identifies the latter with Tibet, where this haplogroup dominates. This Havilah son of Cush is also likely the origin of the name of the nearby Hindu Kush.

The sons listed in verse 6 settled in Africa, southern Arabia, and Tibet, while 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 (or the wicked behavior usually attributed to him in Christian exegesis) he became estranged, and so settled elsewhere; this estrangement also could explain Nimrod's exclusion from verse 6.

His descendants are the Progenitor of::Cushites, who settled in the land of Cush. In addition, he is often considered to be the progenitor of the Black race in general.