In the Midrash it is rendered Pekosim (Bereshith Rabbah 37). Saadia Gaon identifies it with Sa'id on the upper Nile. The Targum on 1 Chronicles 1:12 translates it as Nasyotai or Gasyotai, denoting Casiotis, the district surrounding Mount Casius, east of Pelusium in Egypt, although the Targum on Genesis 10 reverses the definition of Pathrusim and Casluchim.
Kasluch wed Cush's daughter and sired Nimrod. Nimrod's [[פלשתים|invaders (Philistim)]] were born from his [[פתרסים|Pathrusite]] wives Argeia and Euryphaessa.
While most of the Kaluchs remained in [http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=7284&stc=1&d=1129901143 their ancestral region], Nimrod's EM123 Kasluchs from Ethiopia invaded the land of Canaan where they became known as the [[פלשתים|"invaders" (Heb: Philistim)]]. The children of Oceanus/Ea/Kasluch did well for themselves here and under the leadership of the Pelasgian King Teucer established the Teucrian civilization from which Troy arose, the first Kingdom known in the land of modern day Turkey. It was founded in 3760BC after the fall of Babel.
