Ham

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Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, by James Tissot.

Ham (Hebrew: חָם, Ḥam) was the youngest of Noah's three sons (Gen 9:24). Ham's sons were Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan.

The majority of Ham's descendants moved southwest into Africa, and was the forefather of the nations there. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in (Psalms 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22; 1Ch 4:40). The Hebrew word for Egypt was Mizraim (probably literally meaning the two lands), and was the name of one of Ham's sons. The Egyptian word for Egypt was Khem, derived from Ham, according to sound change between languages. The names of Ham's other children correspond to regions within Egyptian influence - Canaan, Libya (one main tribe there being the Pitu, probably identical to Phut), and Cush (part of Nubia).

Descendants of Ham

The sons of Ham, with the ancient or modern people groups thought to be associated with their descendants:

Cush: Kassites, Babylonians, Sumerians, Dravidians, Black Africans, Bushmen, Pygmies, Australian Aborigines, New Guineans, and Melanesians.
- Seba: Sabaeans, Eritreans, Black Africans, Dravidians, and Gypsies.
- Havilah: Yemenis, Djiboutians, Melanesians, Papuans, and Australian Aborigines.
- Sabtah: Hadramites, Astaborans, Southern Yemenis, Mahra, and the Sab tribe in East Africa.
- Raamah: Ragmeans, Minaeans, Black Africans, and Indians.
  - Sheba: Yemenis, Ethiopians, Ugandans, Kenyans, Tanzanians, Black Africans, and Indians.
  - Dedan: Sudanese, Falashas, and Black Africans.
- Sabteca: Sabactens of southern Yemen, the Tedas in East Africa and Todas in India.
Mizraim: Egyptians, Copts, Berbers, and Philistines.
- Lud: Libyans.
- Anam: Northern Egyptians.
- Lehab: The Fulbe people.
- Naphtuh: Southern Egyptians.
- Pathros: Central Egyptians.
- Casluh: Philistines and Berbers.
- Caphtor: Philistines and Berbers.
Phut: Berbers, Libyans, Cyrenacians, Tunisians, Somalians, Sudanese, and North Africans.
Canaan: Canaanites, Phoenicians, Lebanese, Cypriots, and Maltese.
- Sidon: Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Cypriots.
- Heth: Hittites, Hattians, and Sioux Indians.
- Jebus: Mixed with Palestinians.
- Amor: Moors.
- Gergash: Ghegs and Caspians.
- Hivi: Mexican and Guatemalan Indians.
- Arka: Arikara Indians.
- Sin: Chinese and Murrayian Aboriginals.
- Arvad: Mixed with Malays or Burmese.
- Zemar: Indonesians and Filipinos.
- Hamath: Emathians.