Ham's descendants are interpreted by Flavius Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in Psalm 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22; 1 Chronicles 4:40.
So, who did ham marry?
Summary table
Source | Noah's wife | Ham's wife |
---|---|---|
Genesis Rabba and Rashi | Naamah | |
Sefer haYashar (midrash) | Naamah | |
Solomon and Saturn | Dalila | Jaitarecta |
15th-century catechism | Dalida | Laterecta |
Additionally, who were the four sons of Ham?
Sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth
Prior to the mid-19th century, Shem was associated with all of Asia, Ham with all of Africa and Japheth with all of Europe.Is Abraham a descendant of Noah?
The Scriptures have traced the patronymic lineage of the seventy nations to the three sons of Noah, as also the lineage of Abraham and Ishmael, and of Jacob and Esau.
Who are the 12 sons of Abraham?
Jacob is said to have had twelve sons by four women, his wives, Leah and Rachel, and his concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah, who were, in order of their birth, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin, all of whom became the heads of their own family groups, later known