Y-DNA Haplogroup E-Z830 associated with the legends of Oceanus/Ea.
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. The , 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.
