Mizraim

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Mizraim (Hebrew: מצרים, Mitzráyim; Arabic: مصر, Miṣr) was son of Ham and the brother of Cush who, together along with Phut and Canaan, made up the Hamite branch of Noah's descendants. Mizraim's sons were Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim. In order for Mizraim's name to have any meaning, Egypt must have already been founded (and also divided into Upper and Lower Egypt).

The name Mizraim means "the two Mazors" or walls of fortifications. On the border with Asia, Egypt had a chain of these forts. It was the Canaanites who called them "Shar" or the wall. The Arabs called Egypt "Miṣr". While the Assyrians and Babylonians called it "Misri", "Museri", or "Musri". But, it was the Greeks who called it "Aígyptos" (Latin: Ægyptus).