Old Testament · Major figure
Put
A son of Ham and progenitor of a North African people group often associated with ancient Libya.
Put is listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1 as a descendant of Ham. Biblical references typically associate the name with a nation or people group known for their military strength, particularly as archers and mercenaries in service to Egypt and Tyre. The text identifies Put as a distinct ethnic and geographical entity within the ancient Near Eastern world.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 10:6
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 1:8
Where Put appears
2 verses · 2 chaptersIn the same books
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
- Ham11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became the ancestor of various nations.
- Japheth11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became a patriarch of the nations.
- Anah10 versesA Horite leader and son of Zibeon whose daughter Oholibamah became a wife of Esau.
- Bethuel10 versesThe son of Nahor and Milcah, father of Rebekah and Laban, and nephew of Abraham.
- Esau57 versesThe elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, and the progenitor of the Edomite nation.
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