Cush

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. Son of Ham

• Genesis 10:6–8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
• 1 Chronicles 1:8–10 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

2. A Benjamite, title of

• Psalm 7 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers, or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. O LORD my God, if I have done this, if… (whole chapter)

3. Land of

• Genesis 2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
• Psalm 68:31 Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
• Isaiah 18:1 Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

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