Biblical Nations - Ham
Ham Key Scripture: Genesis 10:6-20 Figures: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan, and Nimrod The second son of Noah that we will study this week is Ham, and Jewish tradition maintains that he was the middle child of the three. Compared to his brother, Japheth, Ham is the subject of much more written detail in Scripture. His descendants were numerous and significant to the Biblical narrative because they occupied much of the territory that becomes the setting of the story of Israel. Genesis 10 lists four of Ham's sons, each of which became recognized with areas south and southwest of Mount Ararat where the ark came to rest after the Flood. They settled at various locations along the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, occupying portions of the Middle East and crossing over into the continent of Africa. As for the man himself, Ham was singled out for dishonoring his father in Genesis 9 when he came across Noah drunk and naked in his tent soon after the family had left the ark. Noah's rea