As I have said before, reading the genealogies are extremely boring. They seem to go on forever and you wonder why God put them in there. These lists are to help us understand certain events and people better. I will not go into detail of every person mentioned in the 10th chapter of Genesis at this time because it is very long. As they become relevant I will give you more insight.
The sons of Japheth (Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras) and their descendants settled in modern Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Italy, Armenia, Georgia, Sweden, Hungary and other European areas.
The sons of Ham (Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan) and their descendants are the ancestors of the Africans and southern parts of Arabia.
Verse 21 tells us that Shem is the father of all the children of Eber. Eber is another name for Hebrew. So, we know his sons (Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram) and their descendants are the Israelites.
Every word in the Bible is important. We need to pay close attention to all of it, especially the long and boring parts. They give us insight to things that we would probably miss otherwise. I know you are probably already aware that the Amorites, Hivites, Canaanites, and the other tribes mentioned as descendants of Canaan are people God told the Israelites not to associate with. But, did you know that Germany, Iran/Iraq and Africa are mentioned in the foretelling of the last days? Ezekiel 38:1-9 says: (1) And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. (3) And say, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (4) And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: (5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (6) Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. (7) Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. (8) After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. (9) Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Revelations 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Gog and Magog are Germany, Persia is Iran/Iraq, and Ethiopia and Libya are in Africa. The ancestors of these countries are mentioned in Genesis 10. So, you can see the Bible is not so mysterious after all. God has told us everything. I used to skip over the generations and the instructions on how things were built because they didn't seem important. Then, I would come to something I couldn't understand. People would try to explain it to me but I wouldn't believe them because I didn't know how they got their information. Now I know they understood it because they read ALL of the Bible not just the interesting parts.
We will go into more detail of the children of Ham and Shem in Chapter 11. Until then may God bless you in all you try to achieve.
Leigh
The sons of Japheth (Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras) and their descendants settled in modern Turkey, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Italy, Armenia, Georgia, Sweden, Hungary and other European areas.
The sons of Ham (Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan) and their descendants are the ancestors of the Africans and southern parts of Arabia.
Verse 21 tells us that Shem is the father of all the children of Eber. Eber is another name for Hebrew. So, we know his sons (Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram) and their descendants are the Israelites.
Every word in the Bible is important. We need to pay close attention to all of it, especially the long and boring parts. They give us insight to things that we would probably miss otherwise. I know you are probably already aware that the Amorites, Hivites, Canaanites, and the other tribes mentioned as descendants of Canaan are people God told the Israelites not to associate with. But, did you know that Germany, Iran/Iraq and Africa are mentioned in the foretelling of the last days? Ezekiel 38:1-9 says: (1) And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. (3) And say, Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (4) And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: (5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (6) Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. (7) Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. (8) After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. (9) Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Revelations 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Gog and Magog are Germany, Persia is Iran/Iraq, and Ethiopia and Libya are in Africa. The ancestors of these countries are mentioned in Genesis 10. So, you can see the Bible is not so mysterious after all. God has told us everything. I used to skip over the generations and the instructions on how things were built because they didn't seem important. Then, I would come to something I couldn't understand. People would try to explain it to me but I wouldn't believe them because I didn't know how they got their information. Now I know they understood it because they read ALL of the Bible not just the interesting parts.
We will go into more detail of the children of Ham and Shem in Chapter 11. Until then may God bless you in all you try to achieve.
Leigh