Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in [Gen. 10:6](/gen#Gen.10.6), and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre ([Jer. 46:9](/jer#Jer.46.9); [Ezek. 30:5](/ezek#Ezek.30.5); [27:10](/ezek#Ezek.27.10)). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to “Phut of the Ionians.”