Cush

Cush is a man living at the time of the Patriarchs. He is named in 6 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 10:6.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 10:6
  And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Genesis 10:7
  And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• Genesis 10:8
  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 1:8
  The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:9
  And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:10
  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.