GENESIS The Tower – Part 1 Genesis 10:1-32

Bethel Community Church Pastor Brad Belcher, Senior Pastor The Tower The Tower Genesis 10:1-32 These are the generations of the sons of , , , and . Sons were born to them after the flood.2 The sons of Japheth: , , , , , , and . 3 The sons of Gomer: , , and . 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, , , and . 5 From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations. - The Tower 6 The sons of Ham: , Egypt, , and . 7 The sons of Cush: Seba, , Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: and Dedan. 8 Cush fathered ; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of . 11 From that land he went into and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. - The Tower 13 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 , Casluhim (from whom the came), and Caphtorim.15 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 16 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed. 19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. - The Tower 20 These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of , the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, , Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was , for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was . - The Tower 26 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, , Jerah, 27 , Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. (ESV) The Tower The Tower The Tower The Tower I. Rebellion against God brought about national separation. 1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. - The Tower I. Rebellion against God brought about national separation. 5 From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations. • Japheth – and the Aryans of India • Gomer – Black sea and Germanic: Ashkenaz, German- Scandinavian, Saxon; Ripthah – Europe • Togarmah - Armenians, Turks • Magog: Georgia/Black Sea/Scythians: Meshech- Muscovi - Russian • Madai - /Persians…Indian Aryans… • Javan - Greeks; Tarshish-spain; Kittim-Cyprus; Dodanim/Rodanim – region of the Dardanelles or Rhodes • Tiras – Italy: Thracians The Tower I. Rebellion against God brought about national separation. • Isaiah 40:15-17 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. 16 Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. 17 All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. 6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” - The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth- Ir, Calah, and 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth- Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, - The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. 15 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 16 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed. - The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. 19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. • Cush – Ethiopians • – Egyptians • Put/Phut – Libya • Canaan – Canaanites/ Philistines • Havilah/ Sabtah/ Raamah – Arabia • Erech – home of Gilgamesh and his epoch flood account of antiquity • Akkad – Akkadian empire The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. 8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” Mao Hitler Stalin The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. • Isaiah 40:21-23 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; - The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. • 23 who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. • Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - The Tower II. Rebellion against God brought about corrupt political leadership. • 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. The Tower III. Rebellion against God brought about family division and cultural strife. 21 To Shem also, the father of all the , the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. - The Tower III. Rebellion against God brought about family division and cultural strife. 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. - The Tower III. Rebellion against God brought about family division and cultural strife. 30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. • Asshur – Assyrians • Elamites - along with Medes brought about the Persian Empire • Arphaxad – Seed Line to • Lud – Lydians • Aram – Arameans or Syrians “The first emperor of China was Fohi, or Yao, supposedly the Noah of the Bible. Chinese historians state that Fohi was a divine personage, that he invented the symbolic method of writing; and also invented music, dress making, and the custom of sacrificing at the solstices.”

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The Tower III. Rebellion against God brought about family division and cultural strife. • James 4:1-4 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. - The Tower III. Rebellion against God brought about family division and cultural strife. • 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. The Tower IV. God is drawing people to Himself from every nation, tribe, and tongue through the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. • Revelation 7:9-12 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, - The Tower IV. God is drawing people to Himself from every nation, tribe, and tongue through the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. • 10 and crying out with a loud voice, " Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, - The Tower IV. God is drawing people to Himself from every nation, tribe, and tongue through the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. • 12 saying, " Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen." The Tower The Tower

Our ongoing rebellion against God has brought about national separation, corrupt political leadership, family division and cultural strife. God continues to overcome these conflicts by drawing people to Himself from every nation, tribe and tongue through the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. The Tower GENESIS