Person Old Testament
Put
Also known as Put =ESV, NIV, KJV; Phut =KJV
Put was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:6.
Why it matters. Son of Ham, grandson of Noah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Put
Put was one of the sons of Ham, who was a son of Noah (Gen.10.6; 1Ch.1.8). He was born after the Great Flood and was a brother to Cush, Mizraim (Egypt), and Canaan. The descendants of Put are not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but his name is often associated with the region of Libya or the Libyan people. Some ancient historians and geographers, such as Josephus and Pliny the Elder, connected Put with Libya. In some Bible translations, the name Put is rendered as Libya or Libyans in passages such as Ezk.27.10 and Nam.3.9, where it appears in the context of nations that had trade relations with Tyre or were part of the Assyrian army.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Ham
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.