Why are there no black people in the Bible?

Question:

Why are there no black people in the Bible? Why don't the people have black names?

Answer:

There are people mentioned in the Bible whose skin color would have been dark.

  • Moses' wife, who was from Cush (Numbers 12:1)
  • An unnamed Cushite runner (II Samuel 18:21)
  • Tirhakah king of Cush (II Kings 19:9)
  • Zerah, the Ethiopian (II Chronicles 14:9)
  • Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian (Jeremiah 38:12)
  • Simon of Cyrene  (Matthew 27:32)
  • Candace, queen of Ethiopia (Acts 8:27)
  • The Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:27)
  • Simeon called Niger (black) (Acts 13:1)
  • Lucius of Cyrene (Acts 13:1).

African countries mentioned: Egypt, Ethiopia, Put (Libya, Cyrene), and Cush (Sudan).

There is no such thing as a "black name." Some names are favored in different cultures and areas of the world but aren't exclusive.