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Genesis 10 Summary
Table of Nations After the Flood
Genesis 10 records the genealogical "table of nations," tracing the descendants of Noah's three sons—Japheth, Ham, and Shem—who spread across the earth after the flood. The sons of Japheth gave rise to the peoples of the coastlands and isles, divided by their languages, families, and nations. Among Ham's descendants, Nimrod is singled out as a mighty hunter before the LORD and the founder of a kingdom beginning at Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar, while the Canaanite peoples and their territorial borders are also carefully delineated. The line of Shem, identified as the ancestor of all the children of Eber, runs through Arphaxad, Salah, and Eber, whose son Peleg lived at the time the earth was divided; the chapter closes by affirming that all the nations of the earth were dispersed from Noah's sons after the flood.
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Key verses
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 10:9
“He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Genesis 10:10
“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”
Genesis 10:25
“And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.”
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.”
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