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Africa appears throughout the biblical record—from Genesis to Acts. This study examines those connections while carefully distinguishing between ancient African religions, biblical Israel, later Judaism, and Christianity . The historical relationship should not be reduced to: Africa → Judaism → Christianity as though one religion simply evolved into another. Instead, Scripture reveals repeated geographical, historical, cultural, and personal connections between Africa and the biblical world . PART I — AFRICA IN GENESIS 1. Cush and Mizraim Read Genesis 10:6 “And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.” Two names are especially significant for African geography. Cush is generally associated with territories south of Egypt, particularly Nubia and regions associated with present-day Sudan. Mizraim is the Hebrew biblical name associated with Egypt. Observation Africa therefore appears within the geographical world described near the beginning of Genesis. Write It Down W...