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Phut
Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Gen 10:6, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (Jer 46:9; Ezek 30:5; Ezek 27:10). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to “Phut of the Ionians.”
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- Ezekiel 27:10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
