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Phut, Put

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By: George A. Morrish

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Third son of Ham, the name being also applied to his descendants, and to the district they inhabited (Gen. 10:6⁶And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. (Genesis 10:6); 1 Chron. 1:8⁸The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (1 Chronicles 1:8); Ezek. 27:10¹⁰They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. (Ezekiel 27:10); Nah. 3:9⁹Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Nahum 3:9)). The land of Phut is generally supposed to be the same as Libya, in the N.W. of Egypt. A broken fragment of the annals of Nebuchadnezzar mentions “the city of Phut-Yavan,” or “Phut of the Ionians” (that is Greeks). This however may refer to a different people. The same Hebrew word is translated Libya (Ezek. 30:5⁵Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezekiel 30:5); Ezek. 38:5⁵Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (Ezekiel 38:5)); and Libyans (Jer. 46:9⁹Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jeremiah 46:9)).

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