Cush (Bible) nation of Sudan. According to "Genesis", Cush's other sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. The Book of Numbers 12:1 describes Moses as having married "a Cushite woman". The rhetorical question "Can the Cushite change his skin?" in Jeremiah 13:23 implies brown skin color; also, the Septuagint uniformly translates Cush as Αἰθιοπία ""Aithiopia"." Another person named "Cush" in the Hebrew Bible is a Benjamite who is mentioned only in Psalm 7, and is believed to be a follower of Saul. Josephus gives an account of the nation of Cush, son of Ham and grandson of Noah: "For of the
The Ham Funeral The Ham Funeral The Ham Funeral is a play by Australian writer Patrick White. It was written in 1948 and is loosely based on a painting by William Dobell, "The Dead Landlord". The play is set in a filthy rooming house in the depressing context of post-war London, and has as its protagonist a young poet whose attempted seduction by the aptly named Mrs Lusty, his landlady, drives the tragicomic drama. The 'ham funeral' of the title is the feast to mourn the sudden death of Mrs Lusty's husband, held in Act 2. "The Ham Funeral" was submitted for and