Kush, also spelled
Cush (;
Biblical: ), was, according to the
Bible, the eldest son of
Ham, who was a son of
Noah. He was the brother of
Mizraim (
Egypt),
Canaan (land of
Canaan), and
Phut, and the father of the Biblical character
Nimrod mentioned in the "
Table of Nations" in the
Genesis 10:6 and
I Chronicles 1:8. Cush is traditionally considered the eponymous ancestor of the people of the "land of Cush," an ancient territory that is believed to have been located on either side or both sides of the
Red Sea. As such, "Cush" is alternately identified in Scripture with the
kingdom of Kush, ancient
Aethiopia, and/or the
Arabian peninsula.