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BIRTH OF ISRAEL
1800–1406 BC
GENESIS 9:18–10:1 (cont.)
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Then Noah said,
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“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!
May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,*
and may Canaan be his servant.”
Noah lived another 350 years after the great
flood. 29He lived 950 years, and then he died.
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10:1 This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham,
and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children
were born to them after the great flood.
Descendants of Japheth
GENESIS 10:2-5
The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog,
Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz,
Riphath, and Togarmah.
4The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish,
Kittim, and Rodanim.* 5Their descendants
became the seafaring peoples that spread out
to various lands, each identified by its own
language, clan, and national identity.
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Descendants of Ham
GENESIS 10:6-20
Great Pyramid of Egypt constructed
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put,
and Canaan.
7The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah,
Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants
of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who
was the first heroic warrior on earth. 9Since
he was the greatest hunter in the world,* his
name became proverbial. People would say,
“This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter
in the world.” 10He built his kingdom in the
land of Babylonia,* with the cities of Babylon,
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POSSESSING THE LAND
1406–1050 BC
UNITED MONARCHY
1050–930 BC
Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. 11From there he
expanded his territory to Assyria,* building
the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, 12and
Resen (the great city located between Nineveh
and Calah).
13Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites,
Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14Pathrusites,
Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the
Philistines came.*
15Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of
the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of
the Hittites,* 16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18Arvadites, Zemarites,
and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually
spread out, 19and the territory of Canaan
extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and
Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom,
Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
20These were the descendants of Ham, identified by
clan, language, territory, and national identity.
Descendants of Shem
GENESIS 10:21-31
Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother
of Japheth.* Shem was the ancestor of all the
descendants of Eber.
22The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur,
Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether,
and Mash.
24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,* and Shelah
was the father of Eber.
25Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg
(which means “division”), for during his lifetime
the people of the world were divided into
different language groups. His brother’s name
was Joktan.
26Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, and
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BIBLE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH’S SONS
Shem’s descendants were called Semites. Abraham, David, and Jesus descended
from Shem. Ham’s descendants settled in Canaan, Egypt, and the rest of Africa.
Japheth’s descendants settled for the most part in Europe and Asia Minor.
Shem
Ham
Japheth
Hebrews
Chaldeans
Assyrians
Persians
Arameans (Syrians)
Canaanites
Egyptians
Philistines
Hittites
Amorites
Greeks
Thracians
Scythians
RETURN & DIASPORA
538–6 BC
Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
30The territory they occupied extended from
Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern
mountains.
31These were the descendants of Shem, identified by
clan, language, territory, and national identity.
JESUS CHRIST
6 BC–AD 30
THE CHURCH
AD 30–present
Conclusion
GENESIS 10:32
These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons,
arranged by nation according to their lines of descent.
All the nations of the earth descended from these
clans after the great flood.
3. SCATTERING THE PEOPLE
People continued to rebel against God, but their efforts were thwarted by the confusion of their
languages. This marks the beginning of different languages and cultures as the people scattered all
over the world and began to develop their own customs.
The Tower of Babel
languages. Then they won’t be able to understand
each other.”
8In that way, the Lord scattered them all over
the world, and they stopped building the city. 9That
is why the city was called Babel,* because that is
where the Lord confused the people with different
languages. In this way he scattered them all over
the world.
GENESIS 11:1-9
At one time all the people of the world spoke the same
language and used the same words. 2As the people
migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of
Babylonia* and settled there.
3They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks
and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were
used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
From Shem to Abram
4Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will GENESIS 11:10-26
make us famous and keep us from being scattered all This is the account of Shem’s family.
over the world.”
Two years after the great flood, when Shem
5But the Lord came down to look at the city
was 100 years old, he became the father of*
and the tower the people were building. 6“Look!”
Arphaxad. 11After the birth of* Arphaxad, Shem
he said. “The people are united, and they all speak
lived another 500 years and had other sons
and daughters.
the same language. After this, nothing they set
out to do will be impossible for them! 7Come, let’s 12When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became
the father of Shelah. 13After the birth of Shelah,
go down and confuse the people with different
Gn 11:2 Hebrew Shinar. Gn 11:9 Or Babylon. Babel sounds like a Hebrew term that means “confusion.”
22, 24. Gn 11:11 Or the birth of this ancestor of; also in 11:13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25.
Gen 11:3 The brick used to build this tower
was man-made and not as hard as stone.
Gen 11:3-4 The tower of Babel was most
likely a ziggurat, a common structure in
Babylonia at this time. Most often built as
temples, ziggurats looked like pyramids with
steps or ramps leading up the sides. Ziggurats stood as high as 300 feet and were often
just as wide; thus they were the focal point
of the city. The people in this story built their
tower as a monument to their own greatness,
something for the whole world to see.
Gen 11:4 The tower of Babel was a great
human achievement, a wonder of the world.
But it was a monument to the people themselves rather than to God. We may build
monuments to ourselves (expensive clothes,
big house, fancy car, important job) to call
attention to our achievements. These may
not be wrong in themselves, but when we
use them to give ourselves identity and selfworth, they take God’s place in our lives. We
are free to develop in many areas, but we are
not free to think we have replaced God. What
“towers” have you built in your life?
Gen 11:10-27 Here, and in Genesis
10:22-31, appears a list of Shem’s descen-
Gn 11:10 Or the ancestor of; also in 11:12, 14, 16, 18, 20,
Caspian
Sea
Eup
hr
ris
Tig
Gen 10:8-9 Who was Nimrod? Not much
is known about him except that he was a
heroic warrior. But people with great gifts
can become proud, and that is probably
what happened to Nimrod. Some consider
him the founder of the great, godless Babylonian Empire.
EXILE
586–538 BC
tes
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Gn 9:27 Hebrew May he live in the tents of Shem. Gn 10:4 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 1:7); most Hebrew manuscripts read
Dodanim. Gn 10:9 Hebrew a great hunter before the LORD ; also in 10:9b. Gn 10:10 Hebrew Shinar. Gn 10:11 Or From that land Assyria went out. Gn 10:14 Hebrew
Casluhites, from whom the Philistines came, and Caphtorites. Compare Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7. Gn 10:15 Hebrew ancestor of Heth. Gn 10:21 Or Shem, whose older brother
was Japheth. Gn 10:24 Greek version reads Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, Cainan was the father of Shelah. Compare Luke 3:36.
SPLINTERED NATION
930–586 BC
N
Mediterranean
Sea
R
J
Jerusalem
Babel
e
River
GOD’S CHOSEN FAMILY
2100–1800 BC
Nile
BEGINNINGS
undated–2100 BC
0
Red
Sea
100 Mi.
0 100 Km.
THE TOWER OF BABEL The plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers offered
a perfect location for the city and tower “that reaches into the sky” (Gen 11:4).
dants, who were blessed (Gen 9:26).
Because of that blessing, from Shem’s line
came Abram and the entire Jewish nation,
which would eventually conquer the land
of Canaan in the days of Joshua.
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