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"Ethiopia" Strong's Ref. # 3568, Romanized Kuwsh, Pronounced koosh,
Cush the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite:
KJV--Cush, Cush, Ethiopia.
Two things that make it confusing (1) The word Ethiopia is no where in the
original scriptures. The word replaced by the word Ethiopia is Cush/Kush. (2)
there are more than just one place that are called Cush).
There is the Cush near the garden of Eden, then there is the land of Cush
between Sudan and Egypt.
The Ethiopia (modern nation) is about 500 miles S.E. of the closest border to
the bible Cush. Because the falsely used word Ethiopia confuses ancient Cush
with modern Ethiopia, I will replace the bogus word Ethiopia with the word Cush
so it is not so confusing.
"Jewish Encyclopedia"
Kush
Under Egyptian rule from 2,000 B.C.E. to about 1,000 B.C.E., Ethiopia (Heb. Kush/Cush)
appears alongside Egypt in the Bible. Tirhakah, the
pharaoh, is mentioned as king of Cush during the Assyrian conquest of the
northern kingdom (II Kings 19:9 and Isa. 37:9).
Amos 9:7, God rebukes Israel saying, "Are you not like the Cushites to me,
O people of Israel?"
If you want to see the Cush of the bible, you have to look at the land area and
borders that existed before 1000 BC.
During the Middle Ages, most works were translated from
Arabic, including the major Jewish history, Josippon, called in Ge'ez, Zena
Ayhud ("History of the Jews"), and other Jewish chronicles and
religious works gleaned from Arabic sources. { Hmmm "History of the
Jews" was taken from Arabic sources?}
LOGOS BIBLE MAP PROGRAM
CUSH. 1. Classed under Ham, and father of the hunter Nimrod (Gn. 10:6-8; 1
Ch. 1:8-10).
2. A region encompassed by the river Gihon (Gn. 2:13); probably in W Asia and
unrelated to 4 below; see E. A. Speiser in Festschrift Johannes Friedrich,
1959, pp. 473-485.
3. A Benjaminite, some utterance of whom occasioned a psalm (7) of David seeking
deliverance and justice.
4. The region S of Egypt, i.e. Nubia or N Sudan,
the 'Ethiopia' of classical writers (not
modern Abyssinia WHICH IS THE MODERN NATION OF ETHIOPIA). The name Cush
in both Heb. and Assyr. derives from Egyp. KsŚ (earlier KŃs, KŃsŚ), 'Kush'.
Originally the name of a district somewhere between the
second and third cataracts of the Nile c. 2000 bc, 'Kush' became
also a general term for Nubia among the Egyptians,
which wider use Hebrews, Assyrians and others took over (G. Posener, in Kush
6, 1958, pp. 39-68).
In 2 Ch. 21:16 Arabians are 'near' the Cushites—i.e. just
across the Red Sea from them; *Syene or Seveneh (mod. Aswan) was the
frontier of Egypt and Cush in the 1st millennium bc (Ezk. 29:10).
The far-removed location of Cush/Ethiopia gives point to Pss. 68:31; 87:4; Ezk.
29:10; Zp. 2:12; 3:10; and perhaps Am. 9:7; it is one
limit of Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) vast Persian empire
(Est. 1:1; 8:9 and texts of Xerxes' time).
Cushite contingents featured in the armies of *Shishak against Rehoboam (2 Ch.
12:3) and of *Zerah against Asa (2 Ch. 14:9, 12-13; 16:8).
Later, throughout Isaiah (11:11; 18:1ff. [preceding Egypt, 19:1ff.]; 20:3-5; and
43:3; 45:14), Egypt and Cush are closely linked—for
in the prophet Isaiah's time the 'Cushite' 25th Dynasty ruled over both; so, e.g.,
King *Tirhakah, Is. 37:9 (= 2 Ki. 19:9), cf. 36:6, etc. Na. 3:9
also reflects this.
Later still, from c. 660 bc onwards, the fortunes (and thrones) of Egypt
and Cush became separate again, and Ezekiel (30:4-5, 9) proclaims Egypt's
impending fate as a warning to Cush; in Je. 46:9, likewise, Cushites are merely
mercenaries in the Egyptian forces again as in the days of Shishak.
The 'topaz' came from this land (Jb. 28:19) of unchangeably dark skins (Je.
13:23), as did Ebed-melech at the Judaean court (Je. 38:7ff.; 39:15ff.), and
Queen Candace's minister (Acts 8:27). The runner who bore news of Absalom's
death to David was a 'Cushite' (2 Sa. 18:21, 23, 31-32). Cush recurs in the
prophecies of Ezk. 38:5 and Dn. 11:43. On Nu. 12:1.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE DICTIONARY
kush (kush):
1. The Ancestor of Many Nations: The first of the sons of Ham.
The name of the country around which the Gihon flowed (Gen 2:13), rendered
"Ethiopia" in the King James Version, but in view of the distance of
that country from the other rivers mentioned, this seems to be an unlikely
identification.
2. A District of the Garden of Eden:
Fried. Delitzsch has suggested (Wo lag das Paradies? 74 ff) that the watercourse
in question is the canal Gu-hande or Arahtu, which, coming from the South,
entered Babylon a little to the East of the Euphrates, and, flowing alongside
the Festival-Street, entered the Euphrates to the North of Nebuchadrezzar's
palace. Koldewey (Tempel von Babylon und Borsippa, 38) regards the Gu-hande as
the section of the Euphrates itself at this point. There is no indication,
however, that the district which it enclosed was ever called Kusu or Cush, and
the suppression of the final syllable of Gu-hande would remain unexplained.
Moreover, the identification of Cush with a possible Cas, for Kasdu, "Chaldea,"
seems likewise improbable, especially as that name could only have been applied,
in early times, to the district bordering on the Persian Gulf (see CHALDEA).
3. Probably not in Asia Minor:
Another theory is, that the Cush of Gen 2:13 is the Kusu of certain Assyrian
letters, where it seems to designate a district in the neighborhood of
Cappadocia. This identification apparently leads us back to an ancient tradition
at one time current in the East, but later forgotten, which caused the Pyramus
river to assume the name of Jihun (i.e. Gihon). This stream rises in the
mountains Northeast of the Gulf of Alexandretta, and, taking a southwesterly
course, flows into the Mediterranean near Karatash. Though nearer than the
Ethiopian Cush, this is still too far West, and therefore unsatisfactory as an
identification--all the streams or waterways of the Garden of Eden ought to flow
through the same district.
4. The Ethiopian Cush: (Not the "Ethiopia near the garden of Eden" but
the Cushite people who interacted with the Egyptians)
(3) The well-known country of Cush or Ethiopia, from Syene (Ezek 29:10)
southward--Egyptian Kos, Babylonian Kusu, Assyrian Kusu. This name sometimes
denotes the land (Isa 11:11; 18:1; Zeph 3:10; Ezek 29:10; Job 28:19; Est 1:1;
8:9); sometimes the peopl (Isa 20:4; Jer 46:9; Ezek 38:5)
Cush: Settled by the descendants of *Cush (Gn. 10:6), biblical Ethiopia
Cush: (Gk. Aithio„ps, 'burnt face', cf. Je. 13:23)
Part of the kingdom of Nubia stretching from Aswan
to the junction of the Nile near modern Khartoum
Aswan to Khartom 546 miles
Khartom to the closest border of present day Ethiopia 310
miles
Though there are no exact known boundaries of the Egyptian/Sudan Cush,
the red outline here is the approximate boundaries I have seen on many maps.
There was no problem for the Israelites marrying other Arabs. Abraham and Sarah
were Chaldeans (ancient Iraqis), Rebecca (mother of Israel) was a Syrian, Leah,
Rachel and their two hand maids were Syrians, the mothers of the tribe of Ruben
and Judah were Canaanites. When the Israelites returned from captivity there was
a girl of the tribe of Dan married to an Egyptian, then of course the whole
tribe of Joseph came out of the Egyptian girl Asenath.
The Israelites kidnapped 32,000 Midianite (Saudi Arabian) girls and of course
the first wife of Moses was a Midianite. There was no problem marrying other
Arabs, but when Moses married the Cushite woman, it caused a big conflict.
Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses
because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he
had married an Ethiopian woman.
The fit of rage was not because of any thing the Ethiopian woman did, but the
cause of rage was "because Moses married an Ethiopian woman" !
It could not be because she was black, many Arabs are as black as any Negro. The
only difference is that Arabs belong to a subset of Caucasians and have
different physical features.
The Cushites and other people were also in bondage to the Egyptians. When God
sprung the Israelites "a mixed multitude" split with them. I would
guess the Israelites first encountered and began to mix with the Cushites when
they were in captivity in Egypt.
If you read the rest of the chapter, you will see that the Lord was not wearing
his KKK outfit. He did not cheer them on, but for their racism they got knocked
down to size.
Numbers 12
9. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them;
and he departed.
10. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became
leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and,
behold, she was leprous.
13. And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
14. And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit
in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days?
let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received
in again. (The rebuke compared with spitting in her racist face.)
15. And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days...
There is NOTHING in the scriptures about the present day people or nation of
Ethiopia. The two Cushes of the bible are the place in Iraq and the land between
Egypt and Sudan.
The girl on the right of the map could be a great grand daughter of the Cushite woman who caused the big conflict with Moses. Of course all men of all races and religions have married (or just went to bed with) every race they have ever encountered. Read the accounts of the Israelites and know they were nothing other than a composite of every other tribe/nation they ever encountered.
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