This morning I’m going to learn about the table of nations that were dispersed throughout the whole earth. After the Great Flood, Noah and his sons (and their wives), got off the boat and made a new life. Japheth was the oldest, and he had 7 sons - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. These boys started the generations that became the nations that cover the northern regions of Russia, Turkey and Greece. “The sons of Gomer (Russia) were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.” “The sons of Javan (Turkey and Greece) were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these, the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.” Genesis 10:2-5 Ham was the youngest of Noah’s sons. He had 4 sons - Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.” Remember- Canaan was the son of Ham, who Noah had cursed because of what Ham had done. Instead of cursing Ham, he cursed Ham's youngest son. Noah was angry that Ham had seen him naked. He was angry that Ham told his older brothers, Japheth and Shem Isn’t it interesting, and encouraging, that God took the land of Canaan back?!?! Cush is known as the region of Ethiopia, and Mizraim is known as present-day Egypt. Put is the land of Libya and Canaan is known as the southern Levant - the land that makes up present-day Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan and the southern portions of Syria and Lebanon. “The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.” Sheba makes up southwestern Arabia - a place we know today as Yemen. And Dedan filled a small region by the Red Sea in northern Arabia. “Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” "And the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel,Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.” Pay attention to the kingdom of Babel - it’s going to be a place where men come together and try to be like God. It’s the place where the Word of God would come and make the statue fall down. “From that land Nimrod went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah.” Mizraim, another son of Ham, “begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,Pathrusim, and Casluhim - from whom the Philistines and Caphtorim would come." Do your remember Goliath - the Philistinism giant who David, as a boy, took down - all by himself, and with the help of God? It's a great reminder that God is sovereign and can take down and wipe out any man, tribe or kingdom He wants! “Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.” “Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon (Lebanon) as you go toward Gerar (a city and region in the Negev in which Abraham and Isaac dwelt) as far as Gaza (territory by the Mediterranean Sea)." “Then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha” (a plain under the Dead Sea) “These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.” Genesis 10:6-20 Then there’s the children who were born to Shem, Noah’s middle born son - “the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.” The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. This area appears to make up much of the Fertile Crescent, from the top of the Persian Gulf to Assyria, which is northern Iraq and southwestern Turkey. “The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber.” To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.” Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling place was from Mesha (modern day Jordan) as you go toward Sephar (modern day Dhamar) the mountain of the east.” These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.” Genesis 10:21-31 It’s interesting to note that scripture says, “The earth was divided in the days of Peleg.” What do you think Moses meant? Is this the time when the land was actually split? Is this the time when the land became seven continents? Or is this the time when patriarchy divided the world, into warring tribes and enemy nations? Since God split the nations in response to Babylon - a group of nations coming together to act like God - do you believe the United Nations is really what He wants?
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