Seventy Nation of Noah

The 30 Descendent of Ham Son of Noah (Genesis 10:6-20)

1/ Cush (Greek Chouz) (Hebrew Kuwsh) - of Cush (Ethiopia) the son of Ham (especially other than through sons of Sabteca, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah or Nimrod)

Genesis 10:6, 7, 8, 1 Chronicles 1:8, 9, 10, Isaiah 11:11 also Ethiopia same Hebrew word as in 2 Kings 19:9, Esther 1:1, 8:9, Job 28:19, Isaiah 18:1, 37:9, 43:3, 45:14, Ezekiel 38:5 (latter references Cush in Hebrew but Ethopia in Greek) also Ethiopia same Greek word in Acts 8:27

2/ Seba (Greek Saba) (Hebrew Ceba) - of Seba the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9, Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 43:3

3/ Havilah (Greek Eueila) (Hebrew Chaviylah) - of Havilah the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9

4/ Sabtah (Greek Sabath) (Hebrew Cabta) - of Sabtah the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9

Josephus called them Sabathens and said the Greeks came to call them Astaborans in Antiquities 1.6.2

5/ Raamah (Greek Regma) (Hebrew Ra-mah) - of Raamah the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9, Ezekiel 27:22

Josephus said Raamah were called the Ragmeans in Antiquities 1.6.2

Josephus also said Raamah had two sons Judadas who would correspond to Dedan who Josephus said settled in western Ethiopia and the Sabeans who correspond to Sheba in south Arabia all in Antiquities 1.6.2

6/ Sabteca (Greek Sabathaka) (Hebrew Capteka) - of Sabteca the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9

Josephus said tehse people were also called the Sabactens in Antiquities 1.6.2

7/ Sheba (Greek Seba) (Hebrew Sheba) - of Sheba the son of Raamah the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9, Sabeans (same Hebrew word) Job 1:15, Joel 3:8

Josephus also called the people of Sheba (Sabas) the Sabeans in Antiquities 1.6.2

8/ Dedan (Greek Dedan) (Hebrew Dedan) - of Dedan the son of Raamah the son of Ham

Genesis 10:7, 1 Chronicles 1:9, Ezekiel 25:13, 27:15, 20, 38:13, Isaiah 21:13

9/ Nimrod (Greek Nembrod) (Hebrew Nimrowd) - of Nimrod the son of Cush the son of Ham

Genesis 10:8, 9, 1 Chronicles 1:10, Micah 5:6

Josephus mentions Nimrod by the same name and states that he stayed at Babylon and terrorized the people there in Antiquities 1.6.2

10/ Mizraim (Egypt) (Greek Mesaraeim) (Hebrew Mitsrayim) - of Mizraim (Egypt) the son of Ham

Genesis 10:6, 13, 1 Chronicles 1:8, 11 same Hebrew word for Egypt as in Genesis 12:10, 11, 14, 13:1, Exodus 1:1, 14:5, 7, Isaiah 11:11, 19:25, Zechariah 14:18, 19 etc. Matthew 2:13, 14, 15, 19, Acts 2:10, 7:9, 10, 11, Hebrews 3:16, Jude 5 etc.

11/ Ludim (Greek Loudieim) (Hebrew Luwdiy) - of Ludim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11

Called Ludicim by Josephus in Antiquities 1.6.2

12/ Anamim (Greek Aiveiamieim) (Hebrew 'Anamim) - of Anamim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11

Anamim was also called Enemim according to Josephus Antiquities 1.6.2

13/ Lehabim (Greek Labieim) (Hebrew Lebahiym) - of Lehabim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11

14/ Naphtuhim (Greek Nephthoueim) (Hebrew Naphtuchiym) - of Naphtuhim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:13, 1 Chronicles 1:11

Called Nedim by Josephus? in Antiquities 1.6.2

15/ Pathrusim (Greek Patrosoeieim) (Hebrew Pathruxiy) - of Pathrusim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Known to be upper Egypt further up-river from the Nile Delta around Noph or Thebes

Genesis 10:14, 1 Chronicles 1:12, Isaiah 11:11, Jeremiah 44:1, 15, Ezekiel 29:14, 30:14

Called Phethrosim by Josephus in Antiquities 1.6.2

16/ Casluhim (Greek Chaslonieim) (Hebrew Kacluchiym) - of Casluhim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:14, 1 Chronicles 1:12

Called Chesloim by Josephus in Antiquities 1.6.2

17/ Caphtorim (Greek Kaphthorieim) (Hebrew Karmeliyth) - of Caphtorim the son of Casluhim the son of Mizraim the son of Ham

Genesis 10:14, Deuteronomy 2:23, 1 Chronicles 1:12, Jeremiah 47:4, Amos 9:7

Crete Acts 2:11, 27:7, 12, 13, 21, Titus 1:5, 12

18/ Phut (Greek Phoud) (Hebrew Puwt) - of Phut the son of Ham

Genesis 10:6, Ezekiel 30:5, 38:5, Jeremiah 46:9 (also Libya), Acts 2:10

19/ Canaan (Greek Chanaan) (Hebrew Kena'an) - of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:6, 15, 18, 19, Deuteronomy 32:49, Psalm 105:11, Obadiah 20, Chanaan Acts 7:11, 13:19 etc.

20/ Sidon (Greek Sidona) (Hebrew Tsiydown) - of Sidon the son of Canaan the son of Ham

About the Sidonians of Zidonians as including Tyre and together being the Phoenicians there is a description under the entry Sidon on page 1024 of Unger's Bible Dictionary as follows: "Its (Sidon's) early preeminence is attested by Homer, who often mentions Sidon but never Tyre, and who employs the name as synonymous with Phoenicia and Phoenicians. Later, however, it was outclassed by Tyre, but Phoenicians generally continued to be known as Sidonians (1 Kings 5:6 (5:1-7), 16:31), as if in recollection of Sidon's ancient preeminence. In Unger's Bible Dictionary page 1188 in the entry Zidonians he writes that some of the Sidonians from Sidon founded the city of Tyre as a colony initially but in very ancient times as follows: "Zidon (Sidon) claimed to be the mother city of which Tyre was a colony: and correctly, though the weight of ancient authority is pretty evenly divided. Zidon, in Genesis 49:13, is the firstborn of Canaan. Tyre first appears in the Bible at the time of the invasion of Palestine by the Israelites (Joshua 19:29). Both cities were of great antiquity." Also in Unger's Bible Dictionary at the map at the end of the book with title Canaan Before the Conquest the coastal region of Lebanon that starts south of Tyre to well north of Sidon is labeled both Phoenicians and Sidonians indicating that Tyre and its inhabitants were Sidonians and Canaanites from Ham. The Phoenicians or Sidonians also included the city of Byblos or in Hebrew Gebal as described in Unger's Bible Dictionary under the entry Gebal as follows: "A very ancient Phoenician trading city on the Mediterranean, presently Gebeil on the Mediterranean twenty-five miles North of Beirut (Joshua 13:5, 1 Kings 5:18 Revised Standard Version). The Greeks called the city Byblos, meaning "book", because here "paper" was made from imported Egyptian papyrus reeds."

Genesis 10:15, 19, Deuteronomy 3:9, Joshua 13:4, 6, Judges 3:3, 1 Kings 5:6, Genesis 49:13, Joshua 11:8, 1 Kings 17:9, 1 Chronicles 1:13, Ezekiel 27:3, Joel 3:4, Zechariah 9:2 etc. also Matthew 11:21, 22, 15:21, Luke 4:26, 6:17, 10:13, 14, Acts 12:20, 27:3 etc. in the New Testament

21/ Heth (Greek Chettaion) (Hebrew Cheth or Chittiy) - of Heth (Hittite) the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:15, 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 25:10, 49:32, 1 Chronicles 1:13, Genesis 15:20, Exodus 3:8, 17, 23:23, Deuteronomy 7:1, 20:17, 1 Kings 9:20, 2 Kings 7:6, Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 9:8 etc.

Josephus calls the Hittites the Chetteus in Antiquities 1.6.2

22/ Jebusite (Greek Jerousaion) (Hebrew Yehuweiy) - of Jebusite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:16, 15:21, Exodus 3:8, Deuteronomy 7:1, 20:17, Joshua 9:1, 11:3, 1 Chronicles 1:14, 21:15, 28, 2 Chronicles 8:7, Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 9:8, Zechariah 9:7 etc.

Josephus calls the Jebusites the Jebuseus in Antiquities 1.6.2

23/ Amorite (Greek Amoiraion) (Hebrew 'Emoriy) - of Amorite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:16, 14:7, 13, 15:16, 21, Exodus 3:8, 17, Numbers 32:33, Deuteronomy 1:4, 7, Joshua 9:1, 11:3, 1 Chronicles 1:14, Ezekiel 16:3, Psalm 135:11, Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 9:8, Amos 2:9, 10 etc.

Josephus calls the Amorites the Amorreus in Antiquities 1.6.2

The Amorites were called Amurru by the ancient Mespotamians and occupied land well beyond the Holy Land including much of eastern Syria. They also invaded Mesopotamia around the 21st century BC (BCE) and had a major part in the overthrow and occupation of Ur of the Chaldees then. A later person of Amorite background who is very famous in secular history and who lived in and governed Ur was Hammurabi and who wrote the civil law Code of Hammurabi. This information is in the book Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux published by Penguin Books

24/ Girgasite (Greek Gergesaion) (Hebrew Girgashiy) - of Girgasite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:16, 15:21, Deuteronomy 7:1, Joshua 3:10, 24:11, Nehemiah 9:8, 1 Chronicles 1:14

Josephus calls the Girgasites the Gergesus in Antiquities 1.6.2

25/ Hivite (Greek Euaion) (Hebrew Chivviy) - of Hivite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:17, 34:2, 36:2, Exodus 3:8, 17, 23:28, 34:11, Deuteronomy 7:1, 20:17, Joshua 3:10, 9:7, 11:19, 24:11, Judges 3:3, 5, 2 Samuel 24:7, 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 9:7 etc.

Josephus calls the Hivites the Eudeus in Antiquities 1.6.2

Genesis 10:17, 1 Chronicles 1:15

Josephus likely gave a reference to the Arkites calling them tehe descendents of Arudeus and that they took over the island Aradus and the town or city of Arce in Libanus in Antiquities 1.6.2

27/ Sinite (Greek Asennaion) (Hebrew Ciyniy) - of Sinite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:17, 1 Chronicles 1:15, Isaiah 49:12 Sinim (this reference perhaps to the Chinese people)

The Sinites could have settled in and given rise to the name of the Sinai peninsula as well as to the Sumerian moon god Sin

Josephus called the Sinites the Sineus people in Antiquities 1.6.2

28/ Arvadite (Greek Aradion) (Hebrew 'Arvadiy) - of Arvadite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:18, 1 Chronicles 1:16 and possibly also Ezekiel 27:8, 11

29/ Zemarite (Greek Samaraion) (Hebrew Tsenariy) - of Zemarite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:18, 1 Chronicles 1:16 and probably Joshua 18:22 and 2 Chronicles 13:4

Josephus referred to the Zemarites as the Samareus in Antiquities 1.6.2

30/ Hamathite (Greek Amathi) (Hebrew Chamathiy) - of Hamathite the son of Canaan the son of Ham

Genesis 10:18, 1 Chronicles 1:16, Numbers 13:21, 34:8, Joshua 13:5, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Kings 14:25, 1 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Chronicles 7:8, Isaiah 10:9, 36:19, Jeremiah 39:5, 49:23, Ezekiel 47:16, 17, 20, Amos 6:2, Zechariah 9:2 etc.

Josephus called the Hamathites the descendents of Amathus and said they inhabited the place of Amathine which was called Amathe in Josephus' day by those dwelling thre but that the Macedonians called it Epiphania who was one of the descendents of Amathus from Antiquities 1.6.2

The Greeks in the time of their empire might have called Hamath Emesa

B/ Islands of the sea associated with descendents of Ham

Tyre (Tyrus) (Sidonians)

Ezekiel 26:15-18, 27:1-8

Tyre and Sidon

Jeremiah 25:22, Ezekiel 27:8

Gebal (Byblos) Part of the Sidonians

Ezekiel 27:9

Arvadites part of the Canaanites Genesis 10:18

Ezekiel 27:8

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