Ethiopia (Bible-period Africa) is mentioned so many times in the Bible that one would presume that its extensive political, cultural and economic significance in the Biblical period was common knowledge.
Below, find a few examples of the recognition given to Africa in the ancient times:
Jeremiah 13:23:
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Amos 9:7:
Are you not as children of Ethiopia unto me, O children of Israel. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?
Nahum 3:9:
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Punt and Lubim were thy helpers.
Zephania 3:10:
From beyond the borders of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed shall bring mine offering.
Genesis 2:13:
Ethiopia is one of the first countries mentioned in the Bible. It is associated with the garden of Eden.
Genesis 10:6-20:
Describes the kingdoms founded by the families of the founders of Ethiopia.
Numbers 12:1:
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Later on in his career, Moses was sheltered and counseled by his Ethiopian father-in-law, Jethro (Exodus 3:1, 4:18,18:1-12)
2 Kings 19:9:
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he (king of Babylon) sent messengers again unto Hezekiah…
2 Chronicles 14:9:
Ethiopian general, Zerah, led an army of thousands upon thousands with 300 chariots.
Esther 1:1, 8:9:
Ethiopia is used as a border to measure an empire.
Job 28:19:
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Psalms 68:31:
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Psalm 87:4:
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Jeremiah 38:7,10,12:
Ethiopian royal official rescues prophet Jeremiah.
Nahum 3:9:
“Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite.”
Acts 8:27:
Ethiopian government official goes to Jerusalem to worship, accepts Christianity and brings it back to Ethiopia which was ruled by Ethiopian Queen Kandake (Candace).
Edited by:
Jide Uwechia
Aaron, Miriam, and Moses may not have been Ethopian themselves, but they sure weren’t East Europeans from the Caucasoids, nor any other European, as is mistakenly thought today, but so many uninformed.
They were Ethiopians themselves. The Bible also records the wedding of Moses to an Ethiopian woman, a daughter of his brethren.
As an African I draw inspiration from knowing Jesus and Moses set their foot on my continent. How much hope can we have as Africans that two beings who have walked on our soil are now in heaven (Moses and Jesus).
Eritrea was considered to be named “Punt”:
Eritrean history is one of the longest of Africa and even the world. Together with Abyssinian (Today most part of Ethiopia) and the southeastern part of the Red Sea coast of Sudan, it is considered the most likely location of the land known to the ancient Egyptians as Punt (or “Ta Netjeru,” meaning land of the Gods), whose first mention dates to the 25th century BC.
-wikipedia.org (look up “eritrea”)
Eritrea is commonly forgotten, maybe in biblical times it was part of ethiopia, i do not know. It is a small country and its ancestry is thought to have been derived from the Yemeni’s. Eritrea is on the coast of Africa and is bordered by Sudan in the west. ethiopia in the south and the RED SEA.
Genesis 2:13 does not refer to Ethiopia in Africa, but rather “Cush” in ancientHavilah, India. This is the site of the “Garden of Eden”.
Gentile Biblical scholars translated Cush (Kush) as Ethiopia. This they did to hide the real location of the Garden’
John Hammurabi: Author of:
‘The Doctrine of Anti-Hamitism’.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.PSALM 68:31
I believe the above scriptures is showing that great men of God would out of Africa and that Africa would soon bow to the Lordship of the Lord Jesus Christ.This is because Africa was mainly represented in the Bible by Ethiopia and Egypt
Puntland is actually the northeastern part of Somalia. Here is a citation from Wikipedia:
“The name is derived from the Land of Punt mentioned by ancient Egyptian sources, which is believed by some to have existed in what is now Somalia.”
All of these comments are attempting to reveal that ethiopia is not what it is… despite the fact that.. the Bible, the word clearly states that after being mentioned 33 times.Attempts to divert the meaning and uniqueness of ethiopia is ridiculous.. And for those who are christians You should know…. Long live ETHIOPIA….