1. The region afterwards called Persia, Genesis 14:1 . It was called Elam after a son of Shem, Genesis 10:22 . It corresponded to the Elymais of Greek and Roman writers, which comprehended a part of Susiana, now Khusistan or more probably included the whole of Susiana. The city Susa, or Shushan, was in it, Daniel 8:2 . See also Acts 2:9 .