GENESIS
CHAPTER 10
The generations of Noah are: Japheth, whose descendants are Gentiles; Ham, whose descendants include the Canaanites; and Shem, of whom came Peleg, in whose days the earth was divided.
1 NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. [
The son's of Noah - Shem, Ham, and Japheth
Shem (Asia) Shem (Heb. "Name") was Noah's second oldest son from one wife and part of Noah's family of eight who survived the great flood. "Genesis - Moses 8:12 And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old and begat Japheth; and forty-two years afterwards, he begat Shem of her who was the mother of Japheth; and when he was five hundred years old, he begat Ham." So Shem and Japheth are from the same mother and Ham is from a different wife of Noah. So it would appear that Ham is a stepbrother to Shem and Japheth. Shem and his wife were childless before the flood, but after the flood Shem bore a son at 110 years of age. He was father to five sons who became the fathers of the five Semitic nations as shown below. Shem was actually the father of the nations of the ancient Near East including the Israelites and the Jewish religion, and therefore Judaism, Islam, and Christianity sprang from the line of Shem. The Semites were particularly known for their religious zeal.
The Five Semitic Nations:
1. Elam (The Persians) settled northeast of the Persian Gulf.
2. Asshur (The Assyrians) the Biblical name for Assyria, settled between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
3. Arphaxad (The Babylonians) settled in Chaldea.
4. Lud (The Lydians) settled in Asia Minor, but some of them sailed across the Mediterranean and settled in northern Africa.
5. Aram (The Syrians) the Biblical name for Syria, located north and east of Israel.
Ham (Africa)
Ham (Heb. "hot" or "Black") was Noah's second oldest son and part of the family of eight who survived the great flood. Ham and his wife bore 4 sons who became the fathers of the nations of Africa. Ham's fourth son Canaan was prophetically cursed because he gazed at his fathers nakedness while he was drunk. This curse would mean later that Canaan would lose his land to the Hebrews and would be subservient to the descendants of Shem. The Hamites were known for their physical endurance.
The Four Hamitic Nations:
1. Cush (The Ethiopians) settled in Ethiopia south of Egypt, also early in their history some of them migrated to an area north of the Persian Gulf (Gen. 10:8-10).
2. Mizraim (The Egyptians) the Bible name for Egypt, settled in northeastern Africa.
3. Phut (The Libyans) sometimes translated Libya, settled in northern Africa.
4. Canaan (The Canaanites) settled above Africa east of the Mediterranean (Later was given to the Hebrews).
Japheth (Europe)
Japheth (Heb. "God will Enlarge)") was Noah's third oldest son and part of the family of eight who survived the great flood. Japheth and Shem were both greatly blessed for respecting their father Noah. Noah's blessing on Japheth was far reaching for all of his descendants being the European (Caucasian) nations that were mentioned in Genesis 10. The Japhethites were known for their intellectual activity.
The Seven Japhetic Nations:
I. Gomer (The Cimmerians) settled north of the Black Sea, but afterwards his descendants probably occupied Germany, France, Spain and the British Isles.
2. Magog (The Scythians) lived north of the Caspian Sea.
3. Madai (The Medes) settled south of the Caspian Sea.
4. Javan (The Ionians or Greeks) Javan is the Hebrew name for Greeks, they settled in Greece.
5. Tubal (The Turks) lived south of the Black Sea.
6. Meshech (The Slavs) lived between the Black and Caspian Seas,
7. Tiras (The Etruscans) located west of the Black Sea.
Genesis 10:32 - These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Scriptures related to Shem
Genesis 7:13 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1 - Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:21 - Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
Genesis 11:11 - And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
1 Chronicles 1:17 - The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Genesis 9:27 - God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:18 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
Genesis 10:22 - The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:31 - These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 6:10 - And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:26 - And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
1 Chronicles 1:4 - Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:24 - Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Genesis 11:10 - These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Scriptures related to Ham
Genesis 10
1. son of Noah Ge 5:32; 9:18,24; 1Ch 1:4 Provokes his father's wrath and is cursed by him Ge 9:18-27 His children Ge 10:6-20; 1Ch 1:8-16 -2. Patronymic of the descendants of Ham 1Ch 4:40; Ps 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22 -3. Place where Chedorlaomer struck down the Zuzims Ge 14:5
Scriptures related to Japheth
Genesis 7:13 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1 - Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:21 - Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
Genesis 10:2 - The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles 1:5 - The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 9:27 - God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:18 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
Genesis 6:10 - And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:4 - Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ]
| The table or List of Nations Descended from Noah's 3 sons, which documents the beginning of the fulfillment of the covenant that God made with Noah in Gen 9:9. | ||
| Shem (Semitic Race) | Ham (Turanian Race) | Japheth (Aryan Race) |
| Elam (Elamites) | Cush (Ethiopia) | Gomer (Celts) |
| Asshur (Assyrians) | Seba (meroe) | Ashkenaz (Nysia, Phrygia) |
| Arphaxad (Chaldeans) | Havilah (Arabia) | Riphath (Riphaean) |
| Shelah | Sabtah (Sabbatha) | Togarmah (Armenia) |
| Eber | Raamah (Persian Gulf) | Magog (Scythians) |
| Peleg | Sheba | Madai (Medes) |
| Joktan (Arabia) | Dedan | Javan (Greeks) |
| Almodad | Sabtecah | Elishah (Aeolians) |
| Sheleph | Nimrod | Tarshish (Tartessus) |
| Hazarmaveth | Mizraim (Egypt) | Kittim (Cyprus) |
| Jerah | Ludim (Nubia) | Dodanim (Trojans) |
| Hadoram | Anamites | Tubal |
| Uzal | Lehabim (Libya) | Meshech |
| Diklah | Naphtuhitim (Napetu) | Tiras (Thracians) |
| Obal | Pathrusim (Pathros) | |
| Abimael | Casluhites (Philistia) | |
| Sheba | Philistines | |
| Ophir | Caphtorites (Crete) | |
| Havilah | Phut (Libya) | |
| Jobab | Canaan (Canaanites) | |
| Lud (Lydians) | Sidonites | |
| Aram (Syrians) | Hittites | |
| Uz | Jebusites | |
| Hul | Amorites | |
| Gether | Girgashites | |
| Meshach | Hivites | |
| Arkites | ||
| Sinites | ||
| Arvadites | ||
| Zemarites | ||
| Hamathites | ||
Shem (Asia) Shem (Heb. "Name") was Noah's second oldest son from one wife and part of Noah's family of eight who survived the great flood. "Genesis - Moses 8:12 And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old and begat Japheth; and forty-two years afterwards, he begat Shem of her who was the mother of Japheth; and when he was five hundred years old, he begat Ham." So Shem and Japheth are from the same mother and Ham is from a different wife of Noah. So it would appear that Ham is a stepbrother to Shem and Japheth. Shem and his wife were childless before the flood, but after the flood Shem bore a son at 110 years of age. He was father to five sons who became the fathers of the five Semitic nations as shown below. Shem was actually the father of the nations of the ancient Near East including the Israelites and the Jewish religion, and therefore Judaism, Islam, and Christianity sprang from the line of Shem. The Semites were particularly known for their religious zeal.
The Five Semitic Nations:
1. Elam (The Persians) settled northeast of the Persian Gulf.
2. Asshur (The Assyrians) the Biblical name for Assyria, settled between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.
3. Arphaxad (The Babylonians) settled in Chaldea.
4. Lud (The Lydians) settled in Asia Minor, but some of them sailed across the Mediterranean and settled in northern Africa.
5. Aram (The Syrians) the Biblical name for Syria, located north and east of Israel.
Ham (Africa)
Ham (Heb. "hot" or "Black") was Noah's second oldest son and part of the family of eight who survived the great flood. Ham and his wife bore 4 sons who became the fathers of the nations of Africa. Ham's fourth son Canaan was prophetically cursed because he gazed at his fathers nakedness while he was drunk. This curse would mean later that Canaan would lose his land to the Hebrews and would be subservient to the descendants of Shem. The Hamites were known for their physical endurance.
The Four Hamitic Nations:
1. Cush (The Ethiopians) settled in Ethiopia south of Egypt, also early in their history some of them migrated to an area north of the Persian Gulf (Gen. 10:8-10).
2. Mizraim (The Egyptians) the Bible name for Egypt, settled in northeastern Africa.
3. Phut (The Libyans) sometimes translated Libya, settled in northern Africa.
4. Canaan (The Canaanites) settled above Africa east of the Mediterranean (Later was given to the Hebrews).
Japheth (Europe)
Japheth (Heb. "God will Enlarge)") was Noah's third oldest son and part of the family of eight who survived the great flood. Japheth and Shem were both greatly blessed for respecting their father Noah. Noah's blessing on Japheth was far reaching for all of his descendants being the European (Caucasian) nations that were mentioned in Genesis 10. The Japhethites were known for their intellectual activity.
The Seven Japhetic Nations:
I. Gomer (The Cimmerians) settled north of the Black Sea, but afterwards his descendants probably occupied Germany, France, Spain and the British Isles.
2. Magog (The Scythians) lived north of the Caspian Sea.
3. Madai (The Medes) settled south of the Caspian Sea.
4. Javan (The Ionians or Greeks) Javan is the Hebrew name for Greeks, they settled in Greece.
5. Tubal (The Turks) lived south of the Black Sea.
6. Meshech (The Slavs) lived between the Black and Caspian Seas,
7. Tiras (The Etruscans) located west of the Black Sea.
Genesis 10:32 - These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Scriptures related to Shem
Genesis 7:13 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1 - Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:21 - Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
Genesis 11:11 - And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
1 Chronicles 1:17 - The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Genesis 9:27 - God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:18 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
Genesis 10:22 - The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:31 - These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 6:10 - And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:26 - And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
1 Chronicles 1:4 - Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:24 - Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Genesis 11:10 - These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Scriptures related to Ham
Genesis 10
1. son of Noah Ge 5:32; 9:18,24; 1Ch 1:4 Provokes his father's wrath and is cursed by him Ge 9:18-27 His children Ge 10:6-20; 1Ch 1:8-16 -2. Patronymic of the descendants of Ham 1Ch 4:40; Ps 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22 -3. Place where Chedorlaomer struck down the Zuzims Ge 14:5
Scriptures related to Japheth
Genesis 7:13 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
Genesis 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1 - Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:21 - Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.
Genesis 10:2 - The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles 1:5 - The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 9:27 - God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:18 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
Genesis 6:10 - And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:4 - Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ]
2 The sons of Japheth; [ The Seven Japhetic Nations as defined in the notes above from Bruce R. McConkie. The Baltic nations including Russia. ] Gomer, [ (The Cimmerians) settled north of the Black Sea, but afterwards his descendants probably occupied Germany, France, Spain and the British Isles. ] and Magog, [ (The Scythians) lived north of the Caspian Sea. ] and Madai, [ (The Medes) settled south of the Caspian Sea. ] and Javan, [ (The Ionians or Greeks) Javan is the Hebrew name for Greeks, they settled in Greece. ] and Tubal, [ (The Turks) lived south of the Black Sea. ] and Meshech, [ (The Slavs) lived between the Black and Caspian Seas ] and Tiras.
[ (The Etruscans) located west of the Black Sea. ]
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles [ The basic meaning of the Hebrew word (goyim) frequently translated as "gentile" is "nations" or "peoples." However, in time gentile came to mean "stranger" or "foreigner." Thus, to a member of a particular group, a gentile is any person who does not belong to that group. To a Hebrew (a descendant of Abraham), a gentile is a person who is not a Hebrew. To an Israelite (a descendant of Jacob or Israel), a gentile is a person who is not an Israelite. To a Jew (a descendant of Judah, a citizen of the kingdom of Judah, or a descendant of such a citizen), a gentile is a non-Jew. ] divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. [ So all of these verses in a way document that God does keep his part of the covenants that he makes with men. ]
6 ¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. [ Making Nimrod a nephew of Canaan. Because Nimrod was from Cush and Cush was a brother to Canaan. His other uncle was Mizraim(which is the Hebrew name for Egypt. a word meaning "fortress" or "mound," with the dual suffix emphasizing the two parts of the country, upper and lower Egypt. ) who founded Egypt. ]
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: [ So Nimrod is the son of Cush and Cush is the Son of Ham; and Ham is the son of Noah. Making Nimrod the great grandson of Noah. Some rabbinic commentators have also connected the name Nimrod with a Hebrew word meaning 'rebel'. ] he [ Nimrod. ] began to be a mighty one in the earth. [ His goal was to create a spiritual and political revelution. This (according to the Book Of Jasher and Jewish tradition) was because he had the garment of Noah which in his mind gave him the power of God. Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Lower Mesopotamia). This garment also had the smell of the garden of Eden.
Remember that Enoch inherited the Garment of Adam and passed it to Methuselah.(Jasher 7:25) "After the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought [the bodies of Adam and Eve] into the ark."(Jasher 7:26, Death of Adam vs 40) My assumption is that this was all purposeful and proper to happen this way. But then later the Garment is stolen from the patriarchal line by Ham. Then if we fast forward to Abraham's day, and the Garment of Adam is owned by Nimrod, Ham's grandson. As Rabbi Yehuda summed it up:
The garment which the Blessed One made for Adam and his wife was passed from with Noah and his sons in the ark. And when they came out from the ark, Ham, the son of Noah, took it from him and gave it as an inheritance to Nimrod [his grandson].
The Bible mentions the name Nimrod a mere three times: once here in Genesis, once in Chronicles and once in Micah. Genesis and Chronicles mention in passing that Nimrod was "mighty upon the earth"(1 Chron 1:10) and "a great hunter," while Micah says there is some kind of "land of Nimrod." To which we also see a reference to the "valley of Nimrod" in the book of Ether 2:4. I suppose that this valley could have been a great place for Nimrod to hunt, a place where there was a good supply of animals and fowl. As the Jaradites used it as a place to stock up on supplies in the wilderness.
Genesis 10:9 also states that Nimrod was "a mighty hunter before the LORD." .
When the Book of Mormon mentions that a Jaredite king named his heir Nimrod, who happened to be a king of a wicked dynasty, entangled in political assassinations (Ether 7:18) as well as "wickedness and idolatry,"(Ether 7:22) Joseph Smith through the Book Of Mormon gives us more insight on Nimrod. That he was more than a mere extra in the background of the Bible, but that he was wicked. ]
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: [ Rendered as "against the Lord" by the Rabbinical and early Christian writers. see Nibley, "The Arrow, the Hunter, and the State," 339-41. This Nimrod seems to be the original arch-type of the "Mad Hunter." (Note that under the direction of Nimrod men said, "We will ascend to heaven and smite him (God) with bows and spears; and God knew all their works, . . . and he saw the city and the tower which they were building," (Jasher 9:20). This is not a complement as it is before the Lord. Why was Nimrod such a mighty hunter? Once again the apocrypha will agree with Joseph Smith. By the account of Jasher, right at the time the Jaredites would have been fleeing the Great Tower, the man Nimrod was rising to prominence. And the secret to his rise is that he is the keeper of Adam's sacred Garment.
The Garment wasn't just pretty; it apparently gifted the wearer with "supernatural qualities" and "unconquerable strength." Jasher says that "Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments. (Jasher 7:30) With that strength, Nimrod became "a mighty hunter" and "strengthened himself." (Jasher 7:30-31) His hunting skill qualifies him for warfare, and his success in battle earns him election as king.(Jasher 7:35-39) Nimrod "reigned in the earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his power."(Jasher 7:45) And you know what they say about power: it corrupts.
The Book of the Cave of Treasures hints that Nimrod was learning "the art of divining." And several accounts say Nimrod worshipped fire. ] wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his [ Nimrod. Nimrod was known by the ancients as "Enmerkar" the builder of Uruk. ] kingdom was Babel, [ Which became Babylon Gen 10:10. Let's put a little perspective on Nimrod and the Sons of Seth. They were stooped in the tradition of human-sacrifice, idol worship, and Nimrod was armed with Adam's sacred mantle the skins given to Adam by God. With all of the power it by default as it always does goes right to their head.
Nimrod and his "great men" counsel together to construct "a city and in it a strong tower, and its top reaching heaven, and they will make [them]selves famed, so that [they] may reign upon the whole world.”(Jasher 9:21) Jubilees says they planned to "ascend thereby to heaven."(Jubilees 10:19) Funny how they all knew heaven wasn't some alternate dimension but a physical place. Jasher says their plans of ascension weren't benign. From the city and the tower, the people of Nimrod planned to "ascend to heaven" where they would "fight against [God]" and "smite him with bows and spears" so they could "place [their] own gods there and serve them."(Jasher 9:26) It really does not get much more against God than that. Man just will not learn. God has allowed wars to get them to repent, drought, a flood and now look they are almost right back where they once were. So God will brake them up using language as a way to break them down from the strength that they appear to have.
The Tower of Babel was part of the wicked city of Nimrod, and it was a haven of the antediluvian and Canaanite abominations.
A careful reading reveals that this was much more than just a really big building. The people of Nimrod were trying to "reach unto heaven" to allow the people to "make [them] a name." Dr. Thomas of Brigham Young University thinks the word Babel comes from the Akkadian "Bab-ilim," meaning "gate of God." She concludes: It is apparent then that the tower of Babel was a counterfeit gate of God, or temple, that Ham's priesthood-deprived descendants built in rebellion against God.
Nimrod stood atop this counterfeit temple wearing very-much NOT counterfeit temple garments. Blocking the view isn't a great reason for confounding languages, but breaking up a pagan, counterfeit temple at least deserves something. Forcing everyone to go buy a dictionary is soft compared to the Flood.
Despite Genesis' silence on the matter, Nimrod isn't just a great hunter or the high priest over a pagan religion; he's apparently king over the whole neighborhood. He is both dictator and deity. Coincidentally, the time of Nimrod portrayed in the Book of Ether is the story of wars and idolatry. It isn't surprising that the Jaredites' first stop on their exodus in a nearby valley should be in a place named after the nearest monarch. If we look at this symbolically a representation for how the anti-Christ will rule in the last days. In Revelations the text says that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Just as Nimrod required everyone in this city to trade their autonomous identity for a standardized role in his machine, the final system requires a total surrender of the individual to the collective. It's the ultimate registry of souls. If you wanted to participate sin the economy of Babel, you had to accept Nimrod's name. If you want to participate in the global economy of the end times, you must accept the name of the beast. The architecture is identical. sBut why would a world that prizes freedom and democracy ever submit to such a system? The answer lies in the technological trap, and it's being set for us right now. Both the Tower of Babel and the Beast system require a total architecture. It's something that must be global worldwide. Nimrod understood that you don't need to force people to obey if you simply control the environment in which they live. By centralizing the grainery, the language, the physical walls of the city, he made survival impossible outside of his system. The convenience of the city became the chain that bound the people. That same trap is being set today. The global push for a unified digital infrastructure where your currency, your identity, and your access to society are all managed through a central single network. It's the retrofitting of the ancient walls of Uruk. It's a system where disscent isn't punished by a sword, but by a system error. If the machine decides you no longer fit the mold, then your ability to buy or sell is simply toggled off. The final tyrant doesn't need to chase you. He simply waits for you to realize that you can't live without the name he provides. The theology here is profound. It's an ancient blueprint that has been refined across millennia. Its power doesn't lie in its complexity, but in its ability to convince us that we are building something for our own benefit. The greatest danger we face is mistaking convenience for freedom. Nimrod's city was enticing because it offered protection, a unified purpose, and access to a centralized store of provision. It connected people in a way they had never been connected before. It promised a world where man was no longer subject to the elements or to the confusion of the wild. But that security came at a price, the sacrifice of the individual. The machine of Babel required every person to stop being a unique living stone and start being a standardized brick. They became what they were. Their agency was in a way surrendered. ] and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Nimrod and his "great men" counsel together to construct "a city and in it a strong tower, and its top reaching heaven, and they will make [them]selves famed, so that [they] may reign upon the whole world.”(Jasher 9:21) Jubilees says they planned to "ascend thereby to heaven."(Jubilees 10:19) Funny how they all knew heaven wasn't some alternate dimension but a physical place. Jasher says their plans of ascension weren't benign. From the city and the tower, the people of Nimrod planned to "ascend to heaven" where they would "fight against [God]" and "smite him with bows and spears" so they could "place [their] own gods there and serve them."(Jasher 9:26) It really does not get much more against God than that. Man just will not learn. God has allowed wars to get them to repent, drought, a flood and now look they are almost right back where they once were. So God will brake them up using language as a way to break them down from the strength that they appear to have.
The Tower of Babel was part of the wicked city of Nimrod, and it was a haven of the antediluvian and Canaanite abominations.
A careful reading reveals that this was much more than just a really big building. The people of Nimrod were trying to "reach unto heaven" to allow the people to "make [them] a name." Dr. Thomas of Brigham Young University thinks the word Babel comes from the Akkadian "Bab-ilim," meaning "gate of God." She concludes: It is apparent then that the tower of Babel was a counterfeit gate of God, or temple, that Ham's priesthood-deprived descendants built in rebellion against God.
Nimrod stood atop this counterfeit temple wearing very-much NOT counterfeit temple garments. Blocking the view isn't a great reason for confounding languages, but breaking up a pagan, counterfeit temple at least deserves something. Forcing everyone to go buy a dictionary is soft compared to the Flood.
Despite Genesis' silence on the matter, Nimrod isn't just a great hunter or the high priest over a pagan religion; he's apparently king over the whole neighborhood. He is both dictator and deity. Coincidentally, the time of Nimrod portrayed in the Book of Ether is the story of wars and idolatry. It isn't surprising that the Jaredites' first stop on their exodus in a nearby valley should be in a place named after the nearest monarch. If we look at this symbolically a representation for how the anti-Christ will rule in the last days. In Revelations the text says that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Just as Nimrod required everyone in this city to trade their autonomous identity for a standardized role in his machine, the final system requires a total surrender of the individual to the collective. It's the ultimate registry of souls. If you wanted to participate sin the economy of Babel, you had to accept Nimrod's name. If you want to participate in the global economy of the end times, you must accept the name of the beast. The architecture is identical. sBut why would a world that prizes freedom and democracy ever submit to such a system? The answer lies in the technological trap, and it's being set for us right now. Both the Tower of Babel and the Beast system require a total architecture. It's something that must be global worldwide. Nimrod understood that you don't need to force people to obey if you simply control the environment in which they live. By centralizing the grainery, the language, the physical walls of the city, he made survival impossible outside of his system. The convenience of the city became the chain that bound the people. That same trap is being set today. The global push for a unified digital infrastructure where your currency, your identity, and your access to society are all managed through a central single network. It's the retrofitting of the ancient walls of Uruk. It's a system where disscent isn't punished by a sword, but by a system error. If the machine decides you no longer fit the mold, then your ability to buy or sell is simply toggled off. The final tyrant doesn't need to chase you. He simply waits for you to realize that you can't live without the name he provides. The theology here is profound. It's an ancient blueprint that has been refined across millennia. Its power doesn't lie in its complexity, but in its ability to convince us that we are building something for our own benefit. The greatest danger we face is mistaking convenience for freedom. Nimrod's city was enticing because it offered protection, a unified purpose, and access to a centralized store of provision. It connected people in a way they had never been connected before. It promised a world where man was no longer subject to the elements or to the confusion of the wild. But that security came at a price, the sacrifice of the individual. The machine of Babel required every person to stop being a unique living stone and start being a standardized brick. They became what they were. Their agency was in a way surrendered. ] and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, [ The wicked city associated with Jonah and the whale. ] and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, [ Eber is noted specially here even though he is the great grandson of Shem According to Bible dictionary Hebrew is a form of the word Eber see "Hebrew" in bible Dict. Abraham was a direct descendant of Eber and was known as the first Hebrew referred to in the bible Gen 14:13 ] the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; [ Who was the great-great-great -grandfather of Abraham. ] for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, [ Again God reinforces the point that he has kept his promise that all the peoples and they are many at this point are all from Noah. ] after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. [ Kind of the summarization of the covenant that God made with Enoch that all of the earth would come from his posterity, hence the world was flooded to be able to deliver on that promise. ]