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The earth after the flood

• Gen. 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• The earth was covered with water. Genesis 1:2
  

The Seth genealogy

• Gen 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
• The Seth genealogy (Gen. 5:3-8)
  •  And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
  • And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
  • And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
  • And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
  • And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

The land of the east

• Gen 10:30  And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
• The land of the east (near Eden) Gen. 11:2
  • And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Men Listed in the Generations

• Gen 10:26-29 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
  • There were 13 sons.
• Thirteen generations from Adam to Eber (Gen 5:3-32 and Gen 10:21-25)
  • Adam – Seth – Enos – Cainan – Mahalaleel – Jard – Enoch – Methuselah – Lamech – Noah – Shem – Arphaxad – Salah – Eber

Beginning of Shem’s family

• Gen 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
• Beginning of Israel as a nation. (Gen 12)
  •  Gen. 12:1-2 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

The land of Ham (Egypt)

• Gen 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
• Israel leaves Egyptian slavery (Exodus 12)
  • Exodus 12:26-28 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
  • And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

Canaan

• Gen 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
• Israel enters Canaan land (Joshua chapters 6-7)

The Canaanites

• Gen 10:15-18 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
• Israel battles the Canaanites. (the book of Judges)
  • Judges 1:2-6 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

The Philistines

• Gen 10:13-14 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
• Israel battles the Philistines. (1 Samuel and 2 Samuel)
  • 1 Samuel 1:1-3 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

Assyria

• Gen 10:11-12 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
• Israel taken into Assyrian captivity (1 Kings 11:31-35)
  •  And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
  • (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
  • Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
  • Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
  • But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

Babylon

• Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Israel taken captive into Babylon. (the book of Daniel)
  • Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

Nimrod King of Babylon

• Gen 10:7-9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
• Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon (Daniel Chapters 1-4)

• 4th beast
  • Traditionally taught that it is Rome.
    • After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

The isles of the Gentiles

• Gen 10:5  By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
• Israel scattered among the Gentiles (Jeremiah 50:17)
  • Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Four Interesting Geographical locations

• Gens 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  •  The Sons of Javan
    • The names here mentioned are evidently geographical. Javan’s sons are well known Greek colonies and settlements or communities. This example will serve to illustrate the composition of the genealogical list.
      • Elishah: Mentioned in Ezekiel 27:7 as a place from which there was a trade in purple. Josephus identified it with the Æolians. Other conjectures have been Hellas, Elis, Sicily, and Carthage. Possibly, it is Alasa, the modern Cyprus.
      • Tarshish: Probably the ancient commercial town of Tartessus, at the mouth of the river Guadalquivir. It is classed with the isles in Psalm 72:10, Isaiah 60:9. Its trade is mentioned in Ezekiel 27:12. On “the ships of Tarshish” in King Solomon’s time, see 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48. There were Greek settlements at Tartessus. Cf. Herodotus, i. 163.
      • Kittim: Usually identified with Cyprus and its inhabitants. The chief town was Κιτίον, the modern Larnaca, and was probably occupied at an early time by Greek-speaking people. The name “Kittim” became transferred from Cyprus to other islands. Cf. Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6.
      • Dodanim: In 1 Chronicles 1:7, Rodanim. The LXX and Sam. agree with 1 Chronicles 1:7; and this reading is generally preferred, Rodanim being identified with the island of Rhodes. In Ezekiel 27:15, “the men of Dedan” similarly appear in LXX as ῥόδιοι, i.e. the Rhodians trafficking with the city of Tyre.

Gomer and Magog

• Gen 10:2-3 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
• The war of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel Chapters 38-39)