GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 10 NOAH’S FAMILY V1 These are the *descendants of Noah’s sons. Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth. After the flood, they became the fathers of sons. V2 Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. V3 Gomer’s sons... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis tells us the less important families first. After that, it tells us the more important ones. Shem’s family is the most important because Shem was the oldest son. So Genesis tells us the family of the youngest son, Japheth, first. Then it tells us the family of Ham. When it has done that, it... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Egypt’ and ‘Canaan’ in this chapter are people’s names. After this chapter, they are names of countries.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites were *tribes that were *descendants of Canaan. V21 Shem also was the father of children. Shem was the father of all the children of Eber. He was Japheth’s older brother. V22 Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshu... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Peleg’ means ‘division’. ‘The earth was divided.’ We do not know what that means. DESCENDANTS ~ children and grandchildren and later members of the family. LORD ~ a lord is a person who has authority. ‘The Lord’ means God. It is a translation of God’s name. The Hebrews wrote God’s name as YHWH. We... [ Continue Reading ]