Genesis: The Book of Beginnings Focus Four Great Events Four Great Persons 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 25:19 27 37:2b 50 Fall Isaac Flood (Babel) Jacob Nations Joseph Divisions Abraham Creation Primeval History Patriarchal History of Humanity of Israel Beginning of Beginning of Topics the Human Race the Hebrew Race Loca- East West tions (Eden to Ur) (Canaan to Egypt) Time 2,000 + years About 286 years (20% of Genesis) (80% of Genesis) Purposes : 1) to present the beginning of Author: Moses everything but God Date written: after 1445 BC 2) to record God’s choice of Israel & His Theme: Israel’s Origin & covenant plan for the nation Early Years 3) to show how the sin of man is met by the redemption of God Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2004 The Ark landed in the “mountains of Ararat” in the Middle East (Gen 8:4), which is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in modern Turkey. After leaving the Ark, most if not all of Noah’s early descendants migrated to the land of Shinar, or Mesopotamia, or Babylonia as it eventually became known & dwelt there. Tower of Babel Dispersion High Culture “At the dispersion of peoples out from the area of the Tower of Babel, the first wave of migrants suffered culture loss. These peripheral cultures would today be termed “primitive” when in actuality they were anything but primitive, & should be viewed Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2004 as de-cultured” Donald E. Chittick 2Tim2-2.com http://www.gty.org/resources.php?sectio n=transcripts&aid=231772 - edited We descended from the family of Noah, whose three sons of Noah populated the whole earth. Genesis 10 is often called the Table of Nations, or the Family of Nations. It traces the descent of man through the three sons of Noah. God traces the history of Messiah’s line beginning with Adam to Seth to Enoch to Methuselah, to Lamech, to Noah. The whole human race after the flood follows this same line because all of humanity was destroyed in the flood. Noah becomes the second starting point for human history. This is life and history in the New World. The next man in the genealogical charts in redemptive history is Abraham who will be introduced in Genesis 12. So between Noah and Abraham, we have this genealogical record which includes sons of Japheth, sons of Ham, but most particularly, the sons of Shem because Abraham comes from the line of Shem. And from Abraham comes the Jewish race, the Hebrews, the nation of Israel, and ultimately Messiah. This is the only accurate and existing written record for this period, authored by Moses, and inspired by God. Shem is listed last because that’s where God wants our attention directed to. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 vvvww.2Tim2-2.com 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 130 Adam 930 0 105 Seth 912 930 1042 130 1140 Creation 90 Enosh 905 235 70 Kenan 910 325 65 Mahalalel 895 BC 395 162 Jared 962 2165 - Abram born 460 65 Enoch 365 987 2090 - Abram reaches Canaan 622 2089 - To Egypt because of famine 687 187 Methuselah 2066 - Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed 874 182 Lamech 2065 - Isaac born 1056 Noah 2028 - Sarah dies 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 Kenan 1235 Pre-Flood Post-Flood 1290 Jared 1422 Methuselah 969 1656 Lamech 777 1651 500 Noah 950 2006 Shem 100 600 2156 Arpachshad 1658 35 438 2096 Shelah 1693 30 433 2124 Eber 1727 34 464 2185 2025 - Isaac marries Rebekah Peleg 1761 30 239 2000 2095 - Esau and Jacob born Reu 1791 32 239 2030 1990 - Abraham dies Serug 1821 30 230 2051 1928 - Jacob flees to Haran Nahor 1851 30 148 1999 1921 - Reuben born Terah 1880 70 205 2085 1914 - Joseph born Abraham 1950 100 175 2125 1897 - Joseph sold into slavery Isaac 2050 60 180 2230 1885 - Isaac dies Jacob 2110 91 147 2257 1875 - Jacob and family enter into Egypt 1858 - Jacob dies Joseph 2201 2311 1804 - Joseph dies 1703 - A new king arose (Ex 1:8; Hyksos control Egypt) 1700 - Intense bondage 1525 - Moses born 1570 - Hyksos rulers deposed 1485 - Moses in exile in Midian th Egypt's New Kingdom (18 Dynasty) 1445 - EXODUS FROM EGYPT Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 King Amose I (Egypt's most powerful years) 1405 - Moses dies www.2Tim2-2.com http://www.gty.org/resources.php?sectio n=transcripts&aid=231772 - edited The survey is selective, and not exhaustive, for not every person, or family is named. Women are not mentioned. Also, of the 7 sons of Japheth, only two of them are followed as to their sons. Moses only recorded those people who had relevance to his theme and purpose. There are 70 persons, tribes, and families and nations listed altogether and it is a reminder of the blessing of God on Noah and his sons, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth“ (Gen 9:1) . Genesis 10 shows how these nations began and how they scattered into the world. It is the generations (toledoth) of Shem, Ham and Japheth. Noah lived for 350 years after the flood and Shem 500 years, and they would have given first hand testimony of the pre-flood world and the flood to their descendants. From Genesis 10 , it is clear that life in the new world was just the same as life in the old world. God didn’t drown them all because this was the age of grace, and He promised not to do that again. Man was no better, but God was patient and gracious and instead of judgment, He would choose a man to form a witness nation. He then gave them His Law, His Covenants, and His promises, to take to the world. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 vvvww.2Tim2-2.com http://www.gty.org/resources.php?sectio n=transcripts&aid=231772 - edited This genealogy shows this drift and decline, and how these nations spread around and oriented themselves around Israel by divine providence ( Acts 17:26 - God determines the times of the nations, and their location). There are three sons, and so there are three sections and each of these three sections have three categories. First, the son is listed; Japheth, Ham, Shem; secondly , the descendents of the son are listed; and thirdly, a summary is given concerning these offspring in verses 5, 20, and 31 . Verses 1 and 32 basically make the same statement and brackets what is in between. From Genesis 9:25-27, Noah cursed Canaan, Ham’s son, to be servant to the descendants of Shem and Japheth. The plan of God, then, was that when the wicked children of Canaan, Ham's ungodly son, produced families and nations, they would eventually occupy the most precious piece of real estate on the planet, the land pledged to Abraham in Genesis 15. In God's sovereign design, the Canaanites would occupy the land that we call Israel, until the descendents of Shem, through Abraham, would conquer them, kill many of them, and take over that land. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 vvvww.2Tim2-2.com http://www.gty.org/resources.php?sectio n=transcripts&aid=231772 - edited Japheth was promised expansion, and Canaan would be his servant. This occurred in Genesis 14:1 where Tidal was called king of Goiim, which means “nations, peoples”. So the descendents of Japheth imposed servitude on the Canaanite cities of Judah. Later on, the sons of Shem conquered the Canaanites under Joshua, fulfilling Noah’s curse on Canaan and God’s blessings on Shem and Japheth. The Canaanites, then, are doomed to perpetual slavery because they followed the moral sin of their ancestors, Ham and Canaan. It was their sin which caused them to inherit the curse and have their land taken from them and given to the people of Israel. Now all this is background to chapter 10. We are indebted to the many scholars who do the tedious work of sorting all these out. Two of which are Eduardo Casudo, the Hebrew commentator, and Dr. Henry Morris who have written extensively on the Book of Genesis. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 vvvww.2Tim2-2.com Genesis 10 – The Table of Nations The Summary Statement (v1) 10:1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. The Sons of Japheth (v2-5) 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 www.2Tim2-2.com Genesis 10 – The Table of Nations 10:3 And the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. 10:4 And the sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. 10:5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. Copyright © Cecilia Perh 2007 www.2Tim2-2.com The Generations of Shem (name) , Ham (hot) & Japheth (opened) & those born after the flood (Genesis 10:1) Genesis 10:2-5 The Generations of Japheth 2 The Sons of Japheth, “opened”, 3 rd son of Noah g) Tiras , “desire”, son of Japheth & grandson of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe 3 The Sons of Gomer : and parts of Asia a) Ashkenaz, “a man as sprinkled: fire as scattered”, a descendant of Japheth; a northern people, perhaps of a) Gomer , “complete”, eldest son of Japheth & Bithynia grandson of Noah; the progenitor of the early Cimmerians & other branches of the Celtic family b) Riphath, “spoken”, 2 nd son of Gomer b) Magog , “land of Gog”, 2 nd son of Japheth, c) Togarmah, “thou will break her”, son of Gomer, grandson of Noah, & progenitor of several tribes grandson of Japheth, & great grandson of Noah; northward from Israel; the mountainous region between territory settled by the descendants of Togarmah, Cappadocia & Media & habitation of the descendants probably the area known as Armenia of Magog 4 The Sons of Javan :