Genesis 10
"The Table of Nations"
Okay, so today's passage is pretty dry, being three genealogies from Noah's sons through to four or five generations afterwards.
Something I did notice, was the location of the descendants of Japheth, Ham, and Shem. Certain of their descendants had very familiar names. A key example of this, three of Ham's sons were named Egypt, Cush, and Canaan. So, I figured I'd try to help visualize the dispersion of Noah's offspring.
Japheth's descendants, Magog, Kittim, and dodanim (amongst others). If you're familiar with ancient geography, Magog was located where Georgia and Azerbaijan are situated The Bible then also indicated that others of these descendants lived along the coast [of the Mediterranean]. So, Japheth's descendants were situated along the coastline of the eastern side of the Mediterranean and up into Georgia.
Ham's descendants were Egypt, Cush, Canaan, and Nimrod, to name a few. (Nimrod founded Babylon and is reputed to have founded Assyria). From those names, it's not too difficult out though. Ham's descendants spread from Northern Sudan, through Egypt and Sinai, and into Canaan.]
Shem's descendants, while I recognize none of the listed names, examination of the genealogies in 1 Chronicles 1 shows that Abraham, is a descendant of Shem. Shem's descendants are the Israelite people themselves.
So, there you go. 1 Table of Nations coming right up!
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