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Genesis 10

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Part of The Nations and Babel📖 Genesis introduction

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1Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. ✦ 2The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ✦ 3The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ✦ 4The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ✦ 5Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations. ✦ 6The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ✦ 7The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan. ✦ 8Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. ✦ 9He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”. ✦ 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ✦ 11Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, ✦ 12and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah. 13Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ✦ 14Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim. ✦ 15Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, ✦ 16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ✦ 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ✦ 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. ✦ 19The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon — as you go toward Gerar — to Gaza — as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim — to Lasha. ✦ 20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations. ✦ 21Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth. ✦ 22The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. ✦ 23The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ✦ 24Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. ✦ 25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. ✦ 26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ✦ 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ✦ 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ✦ 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. ✦ 30Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. ✦ 31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations. ✦ 32These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood. ✦

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereVideoOverview: Genesis 1–11BibleProject · 9 min · Free

    The single best free starting point for Genesis 1–11 — clear, visual, and faithful to the literary design.

  • VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical

    Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.

  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

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