Ham (son of Noah) Ham (son of Noah) Ham, according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was a son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Ham's descendants are interpreted by Flavius Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in Psalm 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22; 1 Chronicles 4:40. Since the 17th century a number of suggestions have been made that relate the name "Ham" to a Hebrew word for "burnt", "black" or "hot", to the Egyptian word "ḥm" for "servant" or the
Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (; "Lemeḵ") was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. According to Christianity he is part of the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:36. Additionally, Lamech (Arabic: "Lamk") is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which mentions him in an identical manner. Lamech is the eighth-generation descendant of Adam (Genesis 5:25), the son of Methuselah, and the father of Noah (), in the genealogy of Seth in Genesis 5. In Genesis 5:12-25, Lamech was a son of Methuselah, who was a grandson