ROOTS of AFRICA

 

Song of Solomon 1:5-6

King James Version

5 I am black, but comely, 

O ye daughters of Jerusalem, 

as the tents of Kedar, 

as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not upon me, because I am black, 

because the sun hath looked upon me: 

my mother's children were angry with me; 

they made me the keeper of the vineyards; 

but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

How did the African race begin?

What are its roots?

What is its future?

What does the Bible say?

First, we look to the roots.

Noah had three sons:

Genesis 9:18-19

King James Version

18 And the sons of Noah, 

that went forth of the ark, 

were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: 

and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: 

and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Genesis 10:1

King James Version

10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, 

Shem, Ham, and Japheth: 

and unto them were sons born 

after the flood.

His son, Ham, had four sons:

Genesis 10:6

King James Version

6 And the sons of Ham; 

Cush, and Mizraim, 

and Phut, and Canaan*.

Of his four sons, three represented the roots of Africa:

Cush (Ethiopia)

Mizraim (Egypt)

Phut (Libya)

Genesis 10:7

King James Version

7 And the sons of Cush; 

Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, 

and Raamah, and Sabtechah: 

and the sons of Raamah; 

Sheba, and Dedan.

Genesis 10:8-12

King James Version

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: 

he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: 

wherefore it is said, 

Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, 

and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, 

and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: 

the same is a great city.

Genesis 10:13-14

King James Version

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, 

and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, 

(out of whom came Philistim,) 

and Caphtorim.

Africa's future?

There will be a remnant:

Isaiah 11:10-12

King James Version

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, 

which shall stand for an ensign of the people; 

to it shall the Gentiles seek: 

and his rest shall be glorious.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, 

that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time

to recover the remnant of his people, 

which shall be left, 

from Assyria, 

and from Egypt, 

and from Pathros, 

and from Cush, 

and from Elam, 

and from Shinar, 

and from Hamath, 

and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, 

and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, 

and gather together the dispersed of Judah 

from the four corners of the earth.

*To know more about Ham's other son, Canaan, we have a blog just on him, and his tribe.

Click here.

Know more about Africa, and the Bible:

The Untold History of AFRICA in the Bible

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