Cush is one of the ancestral lines behind the Gentile peoples now pressing into the Israelitish nations. In the list of nations in Genesis 10, the descendants of Cush, through Mizraim and Canaan, are largely the Egyptians, Indians, Indonesians, and African nations. They stand alongside other groups: the descendants of Ishmael (the Midianites, Ishmaelites, and Arab Bedouin peoples), the descendants of Lot (Ammon and Moab), and the descendants of Joktan, who live primarily in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and neighboring lands. These families are not neatly separated by modern national boundaries and are probably somewhat mixed together, so the naming is only a generalization. Many of these peoples are descended from ancient enemies of Israel, and most Americans do not realize it. Their Islamic cultures share almost nothing with the culture of the Israelitish nations, and the radical fundamentalists among them harbor a consuming hatred of the Western way of life while loving the wealth God has given. God is sending these peoples into the Israelitish lands, just as He sent Midian and Amalek against ancient Israel. The same basic conflict between the same basic peoples keeps recurring, because God, Satan, and human nature never change.