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Genesis 10

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Part of The Nations and Babel📖 Genesis introduction

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1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. ✦ 2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ✦ 3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ✦ 4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. ✦ 5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. ✦ 6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ✦ 7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ✦ 8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. ✦ 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” ✦ 10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ✦ 11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, ✦ 12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. 13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, ✦ 14the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. ✦ 15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, ✦ 16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ✦ 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ✦ 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered, ✦ 19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ✦ 20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. ✦ 21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. ✦ 22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. ✦ 23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ✦ 24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. ✦ 25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. ✦ 26And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ✦ 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ✦ 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ✦ 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. ✦ 30Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country. ✦ 31These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. ✦ 32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood. ✦

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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

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  • ★ 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?"

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    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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