Person Old Testament
Raamah
Also known as Raamah =ESV, NIV, KJV;
Raamah was a son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah, mentioned in the Table of Nations. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:7.
Why it matters. Son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Raamah
Raamah is mentioned in the genealogy of the nations in Genesis 10, also known as the Table of Nations (Gen.10.7; 1Ch.1.9). He was a son of Cush, who was a son of Ham, making Raamah a grandson of Ham and a great-grandson of Noah. The Table of Nations records the descendants of Noah's sons and their dispersal after the Tower of Babel. Raamah's sons, Sheba and Dedan, are also mentioned, suggesting that they became ancestors of tribes or nations. Some scholars associate Raamah with a region in southern Arabia, based on the connection with Sheba and Dedan, which are often linked to Arabian tribes. However, the exact location and identity of Raamah and his descendants remain uncertain.
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
- Cush
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.