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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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1. Burnt, swarthy, black, A son of Noah, Genesis 5:32 7:13 9:18 10:1 . The impiety revealed in his conduct towards his father, drew upon him, or rather, according to the Bible statement, on his son Canaan, a prophetic malediction, Genesis 9:20-27 . Ham was the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan, that is, the ancestor of the Canaanites, Southern Arabians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, and the Africans in general, Genesis 10:6-20 .

2. A poetical name for Egypt, Psalm 78:51 106:22 .

3. An unknown place of the Zuzim, Genesis 14:5 .

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Ham'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​h/ham.html. 1859.
 
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