Genesis 10 Descendants of Noah

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Chapter 10 of Genesis is written in such a way that it would be easy to overlook information that is here. Sons were born to Ham, Shem, and Japeth after the flood and they settled among the Heathen nations. It's important to note that Nimrod in verse 8 was a mighty hunter. Nimrod's land was the land of Shinar V.10. This may not sound like much but, it is the land where eventually the event of the Tower of Babel took place in Chapter 11. In other words it was the city of Nimrod. It's also important to know Nimrod was descended from Cush in which the curse was put upon V.8. Nimrod was a Hamite.

In verse 19 the Canaanites are also another key player in the bible. The land that they settled in spanned Southward from Sidon, Sidon means “fish” in Hebrew (obviously there was lots of fish there). The Phoencian state of Sidon along with Tyre eventually became city states of Palestine when it was occupied by Israel, most people will call the inhabitants of those cities Phoencian Hebrews.

Canaan land span from Sidon to Gaza, Gaza is the land that is nearest to Egypt. Today we would know this area as where the tiny Gaza Strip is located. The fact of where Canaan land was located is important to keep in mind as we go further into Genesis.

FYI, I primarily use the King James Study Bible for study and if something becomes unclear I revert to the Ferrar Fenton Bible for clarity because it's written in modern English. This is why I am going to eventually reference this bible in this post. I don't think the King James Version is the most accurate version, but when your discussing the bible it is the one that most people are use to using and like to see for some unknown reason.

In the Ferrar Fenton translation, V31-32 

“These are the sons of Shem, by their tribes and by their languages in their countries among the heathen. The above were the families of the sons of Noah, and their descendants, by tribes. From them they spread themselves amongst the nations on the earth after the Flood.”

In the King James, V. 31. The sons of Noah settled in Heathen lands and they learned to speak the language of the lands that they moved into. This fact is key to show that Noah's Flood was not global as some would believe as it would have destroyed these other people that spoke different languages, otherwise Noah and his descendants would only be speaking just one language instead of many. This is also important to know before reading about the Tower of Babel in Chapter 11.

When the descendants of Noah came to the heathen people of the region they benefited by the Adamites that came to bring them the knowledge of the Father, and the progeneration of civilization. Most in today's age put more faith in government and money than following the Father and his word. Until the rightful heirs of this world acknowledge who they are and step up to their positions of being priests and kings among the heathen peoples of the world nothing will change. Others can come forward and create what they think is the ultimate society, but following the bible and not putting humans over us is the ideal outlined by the bible.

Only when people step up and take responsibility for themselves and follow the bible  is when we can even get anywhere close to what the bible outlines.

Praise the Lord and his word that surpasses the test of time!