Nimrod, son of Cush and grandson of Ham, was the founder of several Mesopotamian cities and the first great ruler of the world.

According to Sefer ha-Yashar or the Book of Jasher, when Nimrod was 18 years old, a war broke out between the Hamites (his relatives) and the Japhetites. The latter were victorious at first, but Nimrod, leading a small army of Cushites, attacked and defeated them, whereupon he became king over all the peoples of the earth and appointed Terah, father of Abraham from Shem's bloodline, as his minister and servant. History and archaeological evidence attest that Ham's lineage was the world's first imperial power, first under Nimrod in Babylonia, then under the Pharaohs in Egypt.​ Nimrod then went on to rule over the descendants of Shem and Japheth in the royal hierarchy.

• Genesis 10:8 "Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth."

• Psalm 68:32 "Princes shall come out of Egypt"

Yet, it seems somewhat odd that Nimrod, grandson of Ham, became the first king to establish a powerful empire on earth and inhabit the most prosperous region of the world, only 130 years after the flood and at a time when Noah and those to whom he and his descendants had been subjected were still alive. If Ham was the one who humiliated his father, it implies that the curse he was under precluded him and his descendants from attaining kingship, as they were condemned to serve the descendants of Shem and Japheth, not to rule over them. ​

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This would not be called into question if Nimrod had descended from Japheth's bloodline, for a certain degree of greatness was bestowed upon his lineage.

► Genesis 9:27 "God will enlarge Yapheth" - Aramaic Bible in Plain English

► Genesis 9:27 "May God expand the territory of Japheth" - Berean Standard Bible

► Genesis 9:27 "God increase Iaphet" - Coverdale Bible of 1535

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