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Sabta

son of Cush

Son of Cush and grandson of Ham, listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1.

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Who or what is this?

Sabta (also spelled Sabtah) is listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 as a son of Cush and grandson of Ham, one of the sons of . The same genealogy is repeated in 1 Chronicles 1. No narrative episode involving Sabta is recorded; he appears only in these genealogical tables as one of the founders of peoples descended from Ham's line through Cush. The name has been connected by scholars to ancient peoples of Arabia or eastern Africa, consistent with the biblical association of Cush's descendants with those regions.

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