All Nations Descended from Noah. These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:
Gen 10:1
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
I.GOD AND THE RACE, Genesis 1-11
3. The Judgment and Renewal of the Earth, Genesis 6:8-11:26
NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH
These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood:
the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras;
the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah;
the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
From these, [the people of] the coastlands of the nations were separated and spread into their lands, every one according to his own language, according to their constituent groups (families), and into their nations:
the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan;
the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan.
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia].
From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
and [Nimrod built] Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; all these [combined to form] the great city [Nineveh]. [Jon_1:2; Jon_3:2]
Mizraim [the ancestor of the Egyptians] became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim
and Pathrusim and Casluhim–from whom came the Philistines–and Caphtorim.
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite
and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as one goes to Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
These are the descendants of Ham according to their constituent groups, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber [including the Hebrews], the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram;
the sons of Aram [ancestor of the Syrians]: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
Two sons were born to Eber; the name of one was Peleg (division), for [the inhabitants of] the earth were divided in his days; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
and Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
and Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
and Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
Now their territory extended from Mesha as one goes toward Sephar, to the hill country of the east.
These are Shem’s descendants according to their constituent groups (families), according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and from these [people] the nations were separated and spread abroad on the earth after the flood. [Act_17:26]
Comments by
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Believers Bible Commentary
On
Genesis 10:1-32
G. The Table of Nations (Chap. 10)
10:1-32 Shem, Ham, and Japheth became the fathers of the nations.
Shem: The Semitic peoples—Jews, Arabs, Babylonians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians.
Ham: The Hamitic peoples—Ethiopians, Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, possibly the African and Oriental peoples, though many scholars view the Orientals as Japhetic.
Japheth: The Japhetic peoples—the Medes, Greeks, Cypriots, etc. Probably the Caucasian people of Europe and of northern Asia. Many scholars would also include the Orientals here.
The order in this chapter is the sons of Japheth (vv. 2-5), the sons of Ham (vv. 6-20), and the sons of Shem (vv. 21-31). The Spirit of God is going to center on Shem and his descendants during the rest of the OT. The different languages of verse 5 probably look forward to the time after the tower of Babel (Gen_11:1-9).
Notice three references in this chapter to the division of the people. Verse 5 describes the division of the Japhetic tribes into their different areas. Verse 25 tells us that the division of the earth (at Babel) took place in the days of Peleg. Verse 32 serves as an introduction to the Tower of Babel in chapter 11, when the families of the sons of Noah were divided into different nations with different languages.
Nimrod (vv. 8-10) means rebel. He appears as the first “mighty one on the earth” after the flood (v. 8) and as the first to establish a kingdom (v. 10). He built Babel (Babylon) in rebellion against God, and also Nineveh in Assyria (see v. 11 ), another inveterate enemy of God’s people.
As already mentioned, verse 21 lists Shem as the older brother of Japheth. It is impossible to identify with certainty the places where the various people settled, but the following will prove helpful in later studies.
Tarshish (v. 4)—Spain
Kittim (v. 4)—Cyprus
Cush (v. 6)—Ethiopia
Mizraim (v. 6)—Egypt
Put or Phut (v. 6)—Libya
Canaan (v. 6)—Palestine
Asshur (v. 11, KJV)—Assyria
Elam (v. 22)—Persia
Aram (v. 22)—Syria and Mesopotamia
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