Line of Ham · son of Cush
Nimrod
- Region
- Babel, Erech, Akkad (Sumer)
- Primary Passage
- Gen 10:8–12
- Eras Active
- Patriarchal
- Lineage
- Ham
Scholar Notes
First 'mighty one'; builder of Babel and Nineveh.
Genesis 10 · The Table of Nations · 70 peoples
The Great Dispersion
Every nation named in Genesis 10 — fourteen of Japheth, thirty of Ham, twenty-six of Shem — radiating from Ararat across three continents. Click a pin or a name to read the record.
Ararat Shem Ham Japheth
30 nations of ham · Ararat marked in gold
Descendants of Ham