These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Parallel translations
- WEB These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
- BSB These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
- NKJV These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- NASB These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- NLT From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
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Quick answer
From Noah's three sons the whole earth was repopulated. All humanity traces back to this one family.
Overview
Scripture affirms that every people group descends from Noah's sons, underscoring the unity of the human race. This common ancestry grounds both human solidarity and shared accountability before God. The unity of humanity in Noah anticipates the gospel's reach to all nations, gathered into one new people through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Chr 1:4–28Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 10:2–32The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- Gen 5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 8:17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
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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.
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