The Bible describes the Tower of Babel as a monumental structure meant to reach the heavens, built under the leadership of Nimrod, son of Cush and grandson of Noah.
Second generation (e.g., Arphaxad, Cush): ~9,300 BCE.
Nimrod and Babel: Nimrod, Ham's grandson (through Cush), is identified as the founder of Babel.
This practice began in the Sumerian city of Kish, which Sitchin equates with the biblical Cush.
Genesis10:8-12 relates that Cush was a grandson of Noah and father of the legendary Nimrod, who ruled andbuilt such cities as Babylon, Erech, and Akkad from his base in Sumer, before constructing cities inAssyria, including Nineveh.
Skiba explores the genealogies of Noah’s sons and their descendants, noting that giants appeared in Canaan’s lineage (Amorites, Hittites) and possibly in the line of Cush (through Nimrod).
Cush, another son of Ham, is associated with Nimrod, who Skiba suggests altered himself to become like a Nephilim, rather than being born as one.
His uncles' names appear more like nations than literal individuals, as seen in Genesis 10:6: "the sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan."
Moreover, the association of Cush, Nimrod's father, with the Kassites and the mention of Shinar possibly reflecting Shanghara—a designation of Kassite Babylonia—indicates the utilization of Babylonian traditions originating in the later second millennium BC.
Sumer: The First Known Civilization: Cush, Nimrod and the first cities.
Kush, Cuniform and the Medu Neter: Nimrod, son of Cush, as founder of Sumer.
“In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.”
But they could not follow Tamila's records of the Enuma Elish and Atrahasis stories from the seed of Cush.
Nimrod, the son of Cush, founded Sumer.
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
The name Cush may come from Kash, the Egyptian name for Upper Nubia; see the Cushites.
Daniel Heimbach of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary points out that the curse fell on Canaan, and that Africans would descend from Ham's sons Cush, Mizraim and Put rather than from Canaan.
Ham was the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.
Of Ham's four sons, Canaan fathered the Canaanites, while Mizraim fathered the Egyptians, Cush the Cushites, and Phut the Libyans.
Ham is traditionally considered the ancestor of peoples in Africa and parts of the Near East, including the Egyptians (Mizraim), Ethiopians (Cush), Libyans (Put), and Canaanites.
1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.