Ludim is the
Hebrew term for
Lydia used in
Jeremiah and
Ezekiel. In the
Biblical Table of Nations Genesis 10:13 they were descended from
Mizraim. According to
Josephus, their land was in Libya which was west of Egypt near the tribes of
Phut in the land of the Moors towards the extreme west of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.
Pliny in his natural history mentions the river Laud along south of the Atlas mountains near the river Fut (Phut).