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Welcome to worship the Lord Bible study Lesson 7 the Book of Genesis. We will be starting
in Chapter 10 which is known as the table of nations or you could say the family tree
of the whole world. As I said before in my Mathew series, how far back do you know about
your familyís history? My brother is into the genealogy of our family. Some people theyíre
just a name and others is a lot of information. But this is the story of Noah and his three
sons. There was an old TV show called My Three Sons.
What is the purpose of studying these genealogies? They will give you information to understand
how the peoples spread out over the world. When people ask you how do we get all the
races? You will be able to explain some. It will also show you the natural tensions between
countries and ethnic races of today. three and it will help you understand bible prophecy
and we will follow the line Ham the son of Cain the one who was cursed. The line of Japheth
and then we get to the line of Shem. And this will follow the generation of Shem because
out of that comes Abraham and is from Abraham that the nation of Israel will come and that
Jesus Christ will come through. So we have my three sons, we family line of the world.
Chapter 10; this is the account Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noahís sons who themselves had
sons after the flood. We see that Japheth his name means enlarged one. And weíll see
14 families the main race being Caucasian and they would land into European located
north of their own land and stretch to the India to the shores of Western Europe. So
if you have a European type background youíre probably a descendant of Japheth, Ham which
means hot or black. We will 20 families and also his son Canaan who are mostly the Canaanites
that would settle in the land of Canaan which Israel would come in and overtake those people
no longer exist. And then we have Shem and 26 families. His
name means glory, through his decedents the Messiah Jesus would come. We see later on
in Chapter 11 that Abram who later becomes Abraham is the father of the father of the
people of Israel and out of him will come the Arab nation when he has the son Ishmael.
The Shemities are the ones that the Israel nation will come out of. So I just want to
go back to Noah and his prophetic word he had when he woke up from his drunkenness and
he said cursed be Canaan and lowest of slaves will be his brothers. These are the Canaanites;
these are the Canaanites who had settled in the land around Jerulsalum. he says, blessed
is the Lord God of Shem. May Canaan be the slave of Shem. Now out of Shem we get the
Semites or the Jewish people and they would go in and take over the land of Canaan. May
God extended the territory of Japheth. Japhethís name means enlarged one and made Japheth live
in the tent of Shem and Canaan be his slave. What is this talking about?. When Shemís
descendants reject the Messiah, Jesus Christ, that basically it was the European nations
that picked up Christianity. tHe Europeans were considered barbaric thatís why the call
it the dark ages but then they pick up the light of Jesus Christ and we dwell in the
covering that God gave to Shem. That covering is Jesus Christ, is basically the people of
Japheth who have embraced the gospel and carried it to the rest of the world. And this is a
fulfillment of the prophecy of Noah. Now often you may get the question, where
did all the races come from since there was only three main families? Well as they moved
to different regions, the people would adapt to that region. I experienced something like
this when we moved from Long Island New York to Florida in 1970. Used to in a bit cold
weather. The first summer was the worst so adapt to. I donít know but somehow you get
a little more used to the hotter weather ,on the other hand you get colder quick. So I
did in factómy skin part of the body did adapt except maybe being a little bit tarn.
The sons of Japheth, Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. So we now
have the sons of Japheth. Gomer is believed to be the Germanic people of Western Europe
which includes French, Spanish and Celtic people groups. Magog, Tubal and Meshech are
believed to have settled in North and Magog is recognized as that area and that name would
come out in the bible as accorded to the final prophecy. Madai is the father of the meads
who populate the areas known as Iraq and Iran of present day and also some people in India.
You also have the Persians who are in Iran. That is why Iraq and Iran are enemies but
they both have a joint alliance to wipe out the Jewish nation. Javan has been the Greeks
and the people on the coastline. Tiras is linked to the people around Italy and that
area. The sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
The sons of Gomer Ashkenaz are linked to settling in the area around Germany and the area of
Mt. Arrarat. Riphath and Togarmah both settled in the area of Asia Minor which is known today
as Turkey. The sons of Javan; Elishah, Tashish, Kittim
and Dodanim. From these the maritime people spread out into their territories by their
clans within their nations each with its own language. Out of these four sons we have both
England or Spain and the peopleís around the sea fairing cities in Europe. If youíre
familiar with the book of Jonah, the name Tarshish should stand out. That was the destination
of the prophet Jonah when he did not want to go to Nineveh.
The sons of Ham; Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. The son Ham, Cush are mainly the African nation
and they settled in Ethiopia. Also mentioned in Jeremiah 45:14, this is what the Lord says,
the products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush and those tall Sabians mean they were
tall people and Jeremiah 13:23, can the Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard itís spots.
This gives us an indication they were dark in skin. Mizram is the root of the Egyptian
people whose land is referred to in the scripture as the land of Ham in Psalms 105:23. Put is
historically linked to Libya in North Africa. Libyan long time leader \Oarmar Gadaffi who
just died was a dictator there and there is much unrest in that country today and Canaan
is the root of the people who are now settled around the holy land.
The sons of Cush, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. So Hamís other son Canaan the
one who was cursed has a son Cush and his son Seba moved to North Egypt. Havilah are
in Arabia, Sabtah in the Persian Gulf and Sabteca in southern Arabia. Raamah are also
linked together in the southern region of Arabia.
The sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of *** who grew to be a
might warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. That is why it is
said like *** a mighty hunter before the Lord. The first centers of his Kingdom were
Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh in Shinar. From that land he went to Assyria where he
built Nineveh, Rehoboth, Ir, Calah and Resen which is between Nineveh and Calah, that is
the great city. Following the line of Ham, Canaan, Cush and
he has two more sons, Raamah and ***. Raamah has a son named Sheba and they land in southwest
Arabia and Dedan in Syria, Arabia and these areas come out in the prophecy in Ezekiel
38 and 39. We also know that the Queen of Sheba visits King Solomon in 1 Kings 10: 1
through 13. His other son ***, he is in Northern Arabia and there is much to say about
this man who as the one world leader who builds all kinds of cities and unify the people into
one world peace and one religion. Sort of sounds just like the man everyone is looking
for, in anti-Christ who will bring peace to the Middle East.
I want to continue with the rest of the family tree and we will come back to *** as he
fits in with Chapter 11, the building of the tower of Babel.
Mizraim was the father of the Luddites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, Pathrushites, Casluhites
from whom the Philistines came and Caphtorites. The descendant of Mizraim that make up these
people that all end in ìiteseî were in the region of Egypt and the one we have linked
to is Casluhites which the Philistines came out of and the Philistines that Goliath would
be coming up against Israel and when David slays Goliath. The Philistines are adversaries
of Israel all through King David and on. Canaan was the father of Sidon his first born
and of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites,
Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clan scattered and the borders of Canaan reached
from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza and towards ***, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim
as far as Lasha. These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages in their territories
and nations. All of these clans are of Hamís son Canaan.
You will recognize the names in the bible as they settle in the land of Canaan, the
Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivities and so on. Jebusites lived in the
area of Jerusalem found in Judges 18:10. And these people were so wicked in their ways
that God them four generations to repent. Truly one of the most unfortunate misinterpretations
of scripture comes from the passage the curse of Canaan. The descendants of Canaan or the
Canaanites they were not blacks or African Americans. The Canaanites lived in the land
of Canaan as well as his descendants. They followed in the sinful way of their father,
they were wicked beyond belief and punishment was placed upon the descendants of Canaan,
the Canaanites. These are people history records Godís promise were fulfilled. The Canaanites
were defeated and placed into slavery recorded in Genesis 14. Later in history Israel are
the descendants of Canaan known as the Gibinites who tricked Joshua into a treaty who made
wood choppers and water carriers under Joshua thus the predictions of Noah that Canaanites
descendants would serve Shemís descendants were fulfilled recorded in the Old Testament.
Again they are not blacks, African Americans as it has been taught by many different people
and this ridiculous interpretation has led to people justifying how black people should
be slaves to white people, this is totally wrong and now you know scripturally how to
explain that this is absolutely wrong. Sons were also born to Shem who whoís older
brother was Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. From the word Eber
we get the word Hebrew and the word Hebrew means crossing over. And the Hebrew nation
cross over the red sea when they left Egypt. They would wander in wilderness for 40 years
and thenóand they would cross over the Jordan River into the Promised Land.
The sons of Shem; Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram. The sons of Aram; Uz, Hul, Gether
and Mash. Elam is the ancestor of the Elamites who joined the Medes to make the Medopersian
empire. Asshur is the root of the Assyrians and the people who would one day be used by
God to concour the northern tribes of Israel. Lud was the ancestor of the Lydians. Aram
is the father of the Syrians and the Aramaic language that was prominent during that time.
Uz or Az had a land named after him which Job lived in. Little is known about Hul, Gether
and Mash. Arpaxhad was the father of Shelah and Shelah
the father of Abel. Two sons were born to Eber, one was named Peleg because in his time
the earth was divided, his brother was named Joktan. Now Peleg is the key in understanding
how all the races got separated, you may ask, well how did all the different animals get
to the different regions when theyíre surrounded by water? You may have studied in school about
the continental drifts and how the earth was one piece of land and if you look on the map
and globe you can kind of scrunch together continents and they all seem to fit. It says
here in the day Peleg the earth was dividend. Some people think itís the people and the
tower of Babel. But the word for earth is Erets and the difference is all the times
itís used in the bible in Genesis is speaking of the earth land. You will get all sorts
of questions people will try to answer is how did the earth separate? and how did all
the races of people get to the areas they are now separated by the ocean. And what about
the ice age, I can explain those? This is my opinion from the facts that I have
gathered that we have this water canopy thatís like a frozen crust protecting us from the
sun. the uppermost atmosphere as you go up it gets colder. This would be -300 degree
Celsius or -572 degree Fahrenheit. And when the waters collapsed during the flood, the
cold moistureóthe coldest of water would be ionized and would be attracted to the poles,
the coldest of water would go to the poles. So to get a picture if you ever took magnet
and did a science experiment with iron on pieces, you see that they gather at the poles.
Itís sort of like itís a little like the old little kids amusement game called Mr.
Willie and you move the many metal parts to create hair or mustache and face. This separation
of the earth wouldnít be very rapid and occurred during the flood. We know that that the ice
formations were rapid because they have found Wolly Mamoths and other animals with fresh
vegetation in their mouths and instantly frozen and encased. We also see in the book Job references
to ice. Job 37: Godís voice thunders in marvelous
ways, he does great things beyond our understanding, he says to the snow fall on the earth and
to the rain shower be a mighty downpour so that all men he has made may know his work.
He stops every man from his labor, the animals take cover, they remain in their dens. The
tempest comes out from itís chamber, the cold from the driving winds, the breath of
God produces ice and the broad waters become frozen. As the ice melted, oceans begun to
fill more and more and the that land was able to used and people settled in those areas.
We have in the days of Peleg the final cutting off of the land bridges that people would
travel. Peleg lived at the time the of tower of Babel so it could have happened sometime
after God confused menís languages. 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 towards 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 Noahís sons according to their lines of decent within
their nations from these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
Not much is recorded about the descendants of Joktan. The one name that pops out is Jobab
which some people speculate is the Job in the book of Job. In the next lesson chapter
11 deals with the Tower of Babel or in Babylon and we will go in detail about *** and
his role in the Babylonian religion in the second half of chapter 11 we get more detail
of the descendants of Shem down to Abram and then the calling of God of Abram to start
the Israel nation.