God’s Timeline – Part 18
Nations
of Noah’s Sons
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON INTRODUCTION
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Creation Week
o Adam, Eve, and the Fall
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Cain and Abel
o Evil Fills the World
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Noah Did All God
Commanded Him
o The Flood
o God’s Covenant with Noah
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Noah’s Sons and Ham’s Sin
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NOW: Nations of Noah’s
Sons
What we have seen thus
far in the Book of Genesis 1-9 is
God establishing covenant with man and revealing His character to us through
the events recorded in scripture.
God creates a covenant
with instructions and explains the benefits and blessings of obedience. The
punishment for disobedience is always the same, separation from God and His
blessings and benefits.
When you obey the
covenant, you receive acceptance from God (meaning you may be with Him in His
presence), as well as benefits and blessings from His Kingdom, whether temporal
or spiritual.
When you disobey, the
Lord God gives you opportunity to confess your sin (disobedience) and repent,
so that you may be forgiven and returned to His Kingdom and relationship
through His Grace.
If you do not confess and
repent, then you break covenant with God and the punishment for your sin ensues.
You lose relationship with God as well as all the blessings and benefits of
belonging to His Kingdom.
Today we will read about
Noah’s sons and the beginning of the new nations on the earth.
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 10
“This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons,
who themselves had sons after the flood.
The Japhethites
2 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From
these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans
within their nations, each with its own language.)
The Hamites
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
13 Egypt was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14
Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, 16 Jebusites,
Amorites, Girgashites, 17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites, Zemarites
and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered 19 and the borders of
Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom,
Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages,
in their territories and nations.
The Semites
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[h]
Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
22 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.
25 Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was
divided; his brother was named Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,
Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were
sons of Joktan.
30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward
Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages,
in their territories and nations.
32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their
lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over
the earth after the flood.”
Why did I include this portion of the Bible into
the series which is to focus on peaks in scripture? Mainly because the history
is important, and knowing where these tribes, or nations belong on the scheme
of things matters.
Later in scripture, when we speak of Canaan, or the
Philistines, Egypt, Syrians, etc., it is important to understand where they
come from, and what they were taught by their fathers, and their fathers’
fathers.
I.
THE SONS
OF JAPHETH – THE JAPHETHITES
a. Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and
Tiras
b. Sons of Gomer (founder of Galatians)
i.
Ashkenaz (later
becomes Germany)
ii.
Riphath (the Celtic
people)
iii.
Togarmah (Europeans
and Western Asia including Armenians, Iran, Turks, Georgians, Greeks, Aryan)
c. Sons of Javan
i.
Elishah (Island of Cyprus)
ii.
Tarshish (Phoenicia/Lebanon
and the Land of Israel)
iii.
The Kittites
iv.
The Rodanites
(Dodanites) – from these the maritime peoples spread out into the territories
by their clans within their nations, each with its own language
II.
THE SONS
OF HAM – THE HAMITES
a. Cush, Eqypt, Put (Libia) and Canaan
b. The sons of Cush
i.
Seba (Etheiopians)
ii.
Havilah (South-West
Arabia and Africa)
iii.
Sabtah (territories
between Spain and Africa)
iv.
Raamah (Saudi Arabia)
v.
Sabteka (unknown to
this date)
vi.
Nimrod
1. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty
warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it
is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers
of his kingdom were
a. Babylon (Babil)
b. Uruk (Iraq)
c. Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar. (Babylonia)
d. 11 From that land he went to Assyria (Turkey), where he built
e. Nineveh (Mosul
in Iraq)
f. Rehoboth Ir (unknown
location within Philistine territories)
g. Calah (South
of Mosul in Iraq)
h. Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is
the great city. (Macedonia/Bulgaria)
c. The sons of Raamah
i.
Sheba (Ethiopia and
East Africa)
ii.
Dedan (North-West
Arabia)
d. Egypt was the father of
i.
the Ludites (Western Asia Minor-only mentioned twice in the
Bible)
ii.
Anamites (Libyan Desert)
iii.
Lehabites (Libyans)
iv.
Naphtuhites (Egyptian Delta)
v.
Pathrusites (Upper Egypt)
vi.
Kasluhites (some
migrated out of Egypt to southern Canaan 3,000 BC to become the Philistines)
vii.
Caphtorites (Crete)
e. Canaan (Lebanon and Syria) was the father of
i.
Sidon his firstborn,
and of the Hittites (founded Jerusalem with
Amorites)
ii.
Jebusites (Occupied Jerusalem)
iii.
Amorites (Syria & Lebanon)
iv.
Girgashites (unknown)
v.
Hivites (Shechem of the city of Shechem who raped Jacob’s
daughter Dinah was a Hivite)
vi.
Arkites (Coast of Lebanon)
vii.
Sinites (unknown)
viii.
Arvadites (unknown)
ix.
Zemarites (unknown)
x.
Hamathites (North Damascus)
xi.
Later the Canaanite
clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan reached from
1. Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza (A Philistine town south of central Israel)
2. and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah (believed to be located under the Dead Sea)
3. Admah and Zeboyim (destroyed
along with Sodom and Gomorrah)
4.
as far as Lasha (East of the Dead Sea)
xii.
20 These are the sons
of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
III.
THE SONS
OF SHEM – THE SEMITES
a. Shem was the ancestor to all the sons of Eber
(ancestor to the Israelites)
b. The sons of Shem
i.
Elam (Southern Iranian
plateau)
ii.
Ashur (Founded
Assyria)
iii.
Arphaxad (West Bank of
Euphrates)
1. Shelah (Edom)
a. Eber
i.
Two sons born to Eber
ii.
Peleg (because in his
time the earth was divided)
iii.
In the last verse of chapter 10, the author explains the division of the nations. The
nations listed in this chapter spread over the entire earth. Chapter 10 sets the stage for the story of the Tower of Babel
in chapter 11. The explanation as to how they were spread over
the earth will be found in chapter
11.
1. This division was with nations languages being
confused
2. This division was between those who wanted to build
the tower and those who wanted to serve God
3. This division could also refer to the physical
manipulation of land masses breaking the world into continents dividing the
people even more
iv.
Joktan (south Arabia)
1. Almodad (Arabia)
2. Sheleph (Yemenites)
3. Hazarmaveth (Court of Death – East of Yemen)
4. Jerah (Arab tribe)
5. Hadoram (Arab tribe)
6. Uzal (Yemen Arabian tribe)
7. Diklah (Arabs)
8. Obal (Arab tribe)
9. Abimael (Arab tribe near Babel)
10. Sheba (Ethiopian)
11. Ophir (unidentified famous region where Solomon’s
fleet sailed)
12. Havilah (Part of Eden where Pison river flowed)
13. Jobab (Ruled Edomites)
iv.
Lud (Some scholars
have associated the Biblical Lud with the Lubdu of Assyrian sources, who
inhabited certain parts of western Media and Atropatene.)
v.
Aram (Syria)
1. Sons of Aram
2. Uz (Where Job is from)
3. Hul (Armenia)
4. Gether (unknown)
5. Meshek (Turkey)
c. The region where they lived
i.
Stretched from Mesha
toward Sephar in the eastern hill country
ii.
These are the sons of
Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations
CONCLUSION –
These are the clans of
Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From
these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
Next week we will read about the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11)
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