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Cuthites in Arabia

the whole world was not assembled at Babylon as is commonly supposed. Instead the Great Rebellion, and the building of the Tower of Babel, was the action of the descendants of Cush, the son of Ham. They are known as the Cuthite Arabs, and when they were scattered, they invaded other nations.

Arab nations are descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham and half-brother of Isaac

The participants of the rebellion were known as the Cuthites, primarily descended from Cush the son of Ham, but there were other people who joined them. The leader of the rebellion was Nimrod the son of Cush

Arabs are those who claim to be descended from Joktan, (Qahtan in Arabic), and those who claim to be descended from Ishmael are known asmixed Arabs, or Arabu

Joktan was a descendant of Shem, his pedigree being Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Joktan. He was the brother of Peleg, the patriarch of the division (Gen. 10)

Abraham was the fifth-generation descendant of Peleg, the brother of Joktan

 



Cuthites

 Cuthites were also scattered around the Arabian peninsula, in the same places as the descendants of Joktan. Cush himself probably went to Ethiopia, because it is known as the land of Cush, and is probably their appointed destination. If all the Cuthites had gone there, the world would have been a lot more peaceful. Nimrod, the most infamous of all the sons of Cush, is thought to have remained in Babylon, while the other sons and grandsons of Cush, seven tribal leaders altogether, went to Arabia.

The Cuthite Rebellion

after the Flood, there was an early dispersion of the descendants of Noah around the world, each to a place that had been given to them by divine appointment, but the Cuthites were nomadic shepherds, wandering around for a while with no place of permanent settlement.

And the whole earth [eretz] was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land [eretz] of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth [eretz]. (Gen. 11:1-4).

 They have stayed together for some time, to build up their numbers, before dispersing in different directions. The next occurrence of eretz describes theland of Shinar,

The reason for building the tower was to establish the authority of the Cuthites, and they remained in the immediate vicinity until they were strong enough to extend their authority elsewhere.

And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). (Gen 10:7-12, ASV).

s the beginning of his kingdom, but then he went forth to a number of other places, including Assyria which was the territory of Asshur, the son of Shem.

kingdom of troy  the province of Lud 


Kingdom of LUD

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Gen. 10:22)

The Cuthites had built their tower, and extended their authority to other places, but the Lord came down and scattered them, and confounded their languages. They were scattered over a wide area, 

 in many places, including Egypt. Some of them went to the Nile delta region, which was very fertile and good for keeping sheep, and they continued their practice of subjugating other people. They ruled over the Egyptians, and were known as the Hyksos, or shepherd kings, but eventually the Egyptians rose up against them and expelled them to the eastern bank of the Nile which was known as Arabia

After the expulsion of the Hyksos, we have Joseph, the son of Jacob, being sold by his brothers to a group of Ishmaelites who were on their way to Egypt. They sold him to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, but he prospered and rose to a position of high authority. Then we have the story of his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, and the seven years of plenty followed by the seven years of famine, and to cut a long story short, he eventually welcomed all his brothers to Egypt, and was reconciled with them. They went to Canaan to get their father Jacob, and returned to Egypt, and settled in the land of Goshen.

e land of Cushan, where the Cuthites had formerly dwelt. The Israelites were shepherds, just like the Cuthites, and they were given the land of Goshen because it was a good place for keeping sheep. Sometimes the Israelites have been mistakenly confused with the Hyksos, because they were shepherds, but they were a totally different tribe that went there after the Hyksos had been expelled.

after the confusion of tongues, there were some Babylonians who stood their ground, and there was a long war, until the Assyrians and other Semitic tribes eventually prevailed and recovered the land they had lost. At this point we come to the question of the division that occurred during the days of Peleg. There are currently a number of commonly held views about this event:

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. (Gen. 10:25-30).

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:31).



AMRAPHEL

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. (Gen. 14:1-9).

NINEVEH

• Arioch king of Ellasar is the king of Al-Asur, which means Assyria and its capital Nineveh.
• Chedorlaomer needs no explanation, he is king of Elam.
• Tidal king of nations might be either of the line of Arphaxad or of Aram. The latter is more probable, but neither is certain.
• Amraphel king of Shinar is ofl is also Semitic.

On the other side we have:

• Bera king of Sodom
• Birsha king of Gomorrah
• Shinab king of Admah
• Shemeber king of Zeboiim
• The un-named king of Bela, which is Zoar.

KUDOR LAGAMAR known s CheOr laomer

 Hamitic allies of the Cuthites. They were subservient to the Semitic king Chedorlaomer for twelve years, which means the Cuthites had been driven out of Babylon, and the plain of Shinar was in the hands of the Semites. In the thirteenth year they rebelled, and in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer assembled his allies and suppressed the rebellion.

 the Great Rebellion at Babylon and the building of the Tower of Babel. The notion of a local event, consisting of the Cuthites and a few other tribes,  


the descendants of Noah went to their appointed places after the Flood, including distant lands such as the "Isles of the Gentiles". However, it would not have been possible for them to disperse around the world immediately, and they settled in the plain of Shinar because it was a convenient fertile place where they could build up their numbers. The Great Rebellion was not the settlement in Shinar,



NIMROD


 it was the work of Nimrod and the Cuthites, building of the Tower of Babel and dominating the other tribes so that they were unable to go to their appointed places.