Tag: Nations
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The Earth Divided – Genesis 10:22-32
Genesis 10:22-32 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth…
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The Hebrews Begin to Come into View – Genesis 10:18-21
Genesis 10:18-21 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. These are the sons…
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The Spread of Canaan’s Line – Genesis 10:15-17
Genesis 10:15-17 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, Now the line of Canaan begins to unfold, and it is a line that will matter greatly as the biblical story moves forward. These names are not…
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An Old Enemy Appears Early – Genesis 10:12-14
Genesis 10:12-14 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. This part of Genesis keeps tracing the lines of the nations, and tucked into the list is a name that…
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A Name That Returns – Genesis 10:7
Genesis 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. Now the family line narrows again through Cush and then through Raamah to Sheba and Dedan. These names are tied to the area of present day Saudi Arabia, and they will…
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Where Ham’s Line Settled – Genesis 10:6
Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. Now the line of Ham is set before us. Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. These names become the roots of peoples who settled primarily in Africa, with some spreading into the Middle East as well. Cush points us toward Ethiopia, in…
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Running to Tarshish – Genesis 10:4-5
Genesis 10:4, 5 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Now the line of Javan continues, and one of the names that stands out immediately is Tarshish. Tarshish…
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Scattered, Yet Still Traced – Genesis 10:3
Genesis 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. Now the family lines begin to branch even further. From Gomer come Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And as these names spread out across history, the map starts taking shape a little more clearly. Ashkenaz is tied to the region of Eastern Germany and…
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The Nations Begin to Spread – Genesis 10:2
Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. Now Moses begins naming the sons of Japheth, and with these names the map of the ancient world starts opening up. Gomer points us toward present day Germany. Magog is identified with Russia, a name that…
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The Table of Nations – Genesis 10:1
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. The flood is over. Judgment has fallen. The ark has rested. And now the earth begins to fill again. Genesis 10 may look at first like just another list of…
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Where the World Converges – Revelation 16:16
Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. Armageddon is not just a dramatic sounding word. It is a real place on a real map. About sixty miles north of Jerusalem lies the Jezreel Valley, the plain of Megiddo, a place soaked in the memory of war.…
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When the River Moves Aside – Revelation 16:12
Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates and the water thereof was dried up that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. The Euphrates has always mattered in the biblical story. It marked the far boundary of the land promised to Abraham, a…
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A Song Too Big to Count – Revelation 7:9-11
Revelation 7:9-11 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon…