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 oldest son and part of Noah's family of eight who survived the great flood. 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 oldest son and part of Noah's family of eight who survived the great flood. 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. ]
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. [ 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. ]
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).] wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his [ Nimrod. ] kingdom was Babel, [ Which became Babylon Gen 10:10. ] 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. ]