Genesis 10: 6,
15-16, 17b-19
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittites, Jebusites,
Amorites,
Girhashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans (tribes) scattered [migrated] and the borders of Canaan
reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah,
Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.
Joshua 10: 1, 5
Adoni-Zedek, King
of Jerusalem. The Amorites were in the land.
Joshua 11: 3
Jebusites were in
the hill country
Joshua 15: 8, 63
The Jebusite city
(that is, Jerusalem) Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites who were
living in Jerusalem; to this day
the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.
2 Samuel 5: 6a, 7
The king (David)
and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites who lived there.
Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the city of David.
NOTE: It does not say that David
killed everyone with the sword, like Moses or especially Joshua did. However, it
is quite possible that the remaining Jebusites accepted the God of Israel or
were made slave laborers like some of the other defeated Canaanite clans.
So, one last and
important detail in all of this which tends to prove my point is that Noah’s
son Ham is almost universally regarded as synonymous with Black-skinned (burnt
of skin); which makes sense in this way- Mizraim is another term for ‘Egypt’
and Cush is associated with Ethiopia. Even Put is believed to be the name of an
African tribe designated as Punt [possibly pygmy or Twa people??]. The reason I
think this is interesting stems from the fact that the land or territory of
disputed claims by Palestinians or the Jewish settlers who came from Europe
leading to the establishment of the State of Israel may in point of fact be invalid,
after all.
Robert Randle
776 Commerce St Apt
B11 Tacoma, WA 98402
February 24, 2016
robertrandle51@yahoo.com
