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Genesis 10

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Part of The Nations and Babel📖 Genesis introduction

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1These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. ✦ 2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ✦ 3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ✦ 4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ✦ 5From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations. ✦ 6The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ✦ 7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ✦ 8Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. ✦ 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” ✦ 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ✦ 11From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and ✦ 12Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ✦ 14Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. ✦ 15Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, ✦ 16and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ✦ 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ✦ 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed. ✦ 19And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ✦ 20These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. ✦ 21To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. ✦ 22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. ✦ 23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ✦ 24Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. ✦ 25To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. ✦ 26Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ✦ 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ✦ 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ✦ 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. ✦ 30The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. ✦ 31These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. ✦ 32These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on 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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