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 Now picking up at verse 13

 Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites. Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,[g] and of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. 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. These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

(Gen: 10: 13-20)

At this point the way the names are listed changes. Bible experts will tell you that they are no longer describing individuals in the line of Ham. We are no longer at that point talking about a person we are talking about the tribe the family and how these tribes will go on to become nations. It also tells us more about the line of Canaan and the fact they produced the Canaanites who became the ultimate enemy of Israel. Israel will fight with the Canaanites when they enter the promised land. Let me draw attention to the fact that this is where experts agree the bible describes the origins of Orientals nations and even where Native American indigenous people come from. The Hittites are mentioned in this section were an empire that lasted for over 800 years and then suddenly fell. There are historic indications that their survivors fled to China. You see a number of similarities between pre-historic Hittites of the bible and the Mongol and other civilizations from those regions have been discovered. Including shoes whose toes turned upward, and the custom of men doing their hair in a pigtail as well as early work in the smelting and casting of iron and the domestication of horses. Have you ever heard the expression the Sino-European relations? It comes from that expression in this chapter.  There is also a theory is that some of these oriental people later migrated from China and crossed the Bearing Straits which was almost permanently frozen at that time and became The Native American and Eskimo tribes in North America and Canada. Alright, We’ve got one more son to look at.

 The Semites 

Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek. 

Arphaxad was the father of[j] Shelah,and Shelah the father of Eber.

Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan. Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country. These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. 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.

We are now in the 3rd section and the children born to Shem and significantly the line of Eber. The text mentions all the family lines but then clearly highlights and emphasize one son. So, whoever this Eber guy is he must be important. Before all the sons of Shem are even mentioned Eber is singled out for emphasis. So, the question is who is Eber, and why is he so important?  There are only 2 individuals highlighted in the chapter the first was Nimrod, in rebellion against God and the 2nd is now Eber. If I told you that the word Eber is where he we get the word Hebrew from, might that drop a hint to his importance. Remember the whole point of the is underlined in the last verse of the chapter when it says. 

These are the families of the sons of Noah according to their generation in their nations from these nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

(Gen 10: 32)

The sum of it all is simple, after the flood the three sons of Noah produced families that eventually produce 70+ nations. [Some say 72 to be exact] Nations dwelling in different lands and speaking different languages. We’ve now reached a critical part in this chapter where it is possible to discern what all this means. We shall find out what it means in the next episode.