Genesis 10

CHAPTER 10 TO 11 RECOVERY OF MAN AND REPOPULATION OF THE EARTH.
FROM FLOOD TO ABRAHAM THIS PERIOD IN BABYLONIAN HISTORY
Ancient Babylonian inscripture states that when the flood overthrew the land there had been 10 Pre-flood kings
Between the flood and Abraham this period there were 100 kings of 20 different cities or dynastics.
LAGASH DYNASTY: After the flood in South Babylonia Lagash was the capital of the first Sumerian or Hamitis. After Kish was the it was the capital of the first Semitic Kingdom in North Babjlonia about 100 miles apart. Excauated by Sarzec 1877-1904 Lagash was a library center.
CITY DINGDOMS: Historic opening period there were cities at Kish, Fara, Larsa, Babylon, Accad, Nippur, Eridu, Ur, Erech, Lagash and others. All the cities were in constant conflict and when one would gain control they would form a small empire. The kings recorded information on clay tablets, which thousands have been recovered. Even with them the Chronology of the period is very in-certain. A lot of history between the flood and Abraham, the principal dynastic came from these tables. The center of the population was around traditional home of Noah and the cities were Eriduj, Fara, and Eden.
ERECH DYNASTY: One of Nimrod's cities Erech, also called Warka or Uruk. It was about 50 miles from the traditional Garden of Eden. Lugalziggisssi who called himself "Lord of the World" was one of its kings. It was the chief seat of Ishtar worship where prostitution was compulsory. In 1913 Koldeway and Noldeka excavated Erech. Then Jordan 1928-1933 excavated it. It was found that it had 18 distinct per-historic layers and one of the oldest cities.
ACCAD DYNASTY: About 100 miles northwest from Noah's traditional home Fara was another of Nimrod's cities called Accad, also called Sippar. SARGON I who ruled form Elam to Mt. Sinai produced from Accad the most famous warrior of Pr-Abrahamic times. He was a great promoter of learning, builder and a great conqueror. He built a great library an thought of been about contemporary with Cheops, in Egypt the builder of the Great Pyramids
UR DYNASTIES: Ur was outstripped by nearly every city until after the flood and it was 12 miles from Eridu. It had grown to be the leading city of the world by the time of Abraham. Under Ur-engur and Dungi two of most famous Kings Ur ruled form the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
BABYLON DYNASTY: 2000B.C. about the time of Abraham's migration to Canaan, under Hammurabi Babylon came into supremacy. A great warrior, Hammurabi who complied legal code and built temples is commonly identified with "Anraphel" of Genesis 14:1 Under Nimrod, Sargon, and Hammurabi civilization was developing in Babylonia. It made greater strides in Egypt the first 12 Dynastic which covered the period between the flood and Abram.
The Descendants of Noah
The Ark comes to rest at Mt Ararat near the headwater of the Euphrates,
then they depart some 500 miles to Babylonic, which was their home before the flood.
Then about 100 years later (10:25) due to the confusion of tonguew they were scatteded again.
FROM FLOOD TO ABRAHAM CHAPTER 10 TO 11
Shem has a long life born 98 years before the flood and died 150 years after the birth of Abraham.
Shem may of handed to Abraham the 5th document composing Genesis after he had prepared it.
Soon after the flood Mizraim, son of Ham founded Egypt. It was called "Land of Ham"
Manetho, an Egyptian wrote a history of Egypt about 250 B.C. He arranged under 31 dynastic for the first historical king, Menes, to Alexander the Great conquering about 332 B.C. Ancient Egyptian history is commonly spoken of in terms of these 31 dynasties. Archaeological findings has corroborates their correction.

DYNASTY	DATES
1st Dynasty ----- 9 Kings		1st DYNASTY: The first Dynasty is known as Kish. The dynasty Kish was a suburb of Babylon near the site where the tower of Babel, earliest great Post Flood city. The first Historical king Menes, (Mana) Consolidated various tribes and united Upper and lower Egypt and list Menes as the first historical king. He conquered Sinai and worked its turquoise mines. . Some scholars identified him with Nimrod, Menes was doing the same in Egypt as Nimrod was doing, laying the foundations of imperialism among the small states of Babylonia. His tome has been found at Abydos.
2nd Dynasty ----- 9 Kings		Mines of Sinai were worked. Semitic names indicate intercourse with Babylon.
3rd Dynasty ----- 5 Kings		Kept up the mining at Sinai. For Mediterranean trade built ships 160 feet long. Made sea-voyage to Lebanon. Beginning of Pyramid Era. Zozer built the "step-pyramid" at Sakkarah. It was 2 miles west of Memphis with 6 receding stages, after the manner of Babylonian temple towers. Sinefru (seneferu) next, imitated Zozer, but filled in the terraced stages making smooth slopes, the first real pyramid, at Meydum, nearby.
4th Dynasty ----- 7 Kings	Pyramids	Zenith of Pyramid Era. Three Great Pyramids of Cheops, (Khufu), Khafre (Cephren), Menkure (Menkaura), 8 miles west of Cairo, at Gizeh. Cheops was the largest, one of Egypt;s greatest rulers. Khafre's was next in connection with which he had the Sphinx carved out with a portrait of himself. Menkure;s mummy was found in his pyramid.
5th Dynasty ----- 9 Kings		Mining kept up in Sinai. On the Mediterranean to Phoenicia, Syria, and Ophir trading expeditions. The Egyptians had a strong belief in the after or future life. Of the 5th dynasty on the west side of the pyramid of Queen Khent-Kawes a boat has been discovered 110 long, 15 feet wide that had been cut deep in the rock to transport her soul to the other world. All the tombs of the Pharaohs were well stocked with the tresures of this world which they believed that they would be taking it with them.
6th Dynasty ------ 6 Kings		Pepi II the 5th king reigned the lognest in history 90 years, End of the Old Kingdom.
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Dynastiesy ---- 20 Kings		Period of disintegration: many contending kingdoms.
11th Dynasty ----- 7 Kings		Beginning of Great Middle Kingdom which lasted through 12th dynasty
12th Dynasty ----- 8 Kings	2000 B.C.	Abraham. Petrie recently found the oldest alphabetic writing in the world in the Temple of Serabit in Sinai that Amenemher III built. From the Nile to the Red Sea a canal was built. Senusert I built the Obelisk of On. It is commonly thought that Senusert II was the Pharaoh when Abrahm visited Egypt.
13th Dynasty
14th Dynasty
15th Dynasty
16th Dynasty	1800 B.C.	Joseph
17th Dynasty
18th Dynasty	1580-1340 B.C.	Moses
19th Dynasty	1340-1200 B.C.
20th Dynasty	1200-1100 B.C.
21st Dynasty	1100-950 B.C.	David
22 Dynasty	950-750 B. C.
23rdDynasty	750-720 B.C.
24th Dynasty	720-712 B.C.
25th Dynasty	712-663 B.C.
26th Dynasty	663-525 B.C.
27th - 31st Dynasties	525-332 B.C.	Persian
Greek Period	332-30 B.C.	Septuagint
Roman Period	30 B.C. - A.D. 300	Christ

Egyptian Pyramids were merely tombs to perpetuate the glory of the Pharaoh who built them
Unlike the Babylonian Temped towers which were built with shrines at the top to worship false gods.
Beginning in the 1st dynasty until the 4th dynasty the Pyramid craze reached its Zenith.
The grandest monument of the Ages was the Great Pyramid of Cheops. It covered 13 acres 768 feet square (Now 750) 482 feet high (Now 450) (Stones were removed to be used at other location is why there is a now is less.) Estimated to have contained 2,300,000 stones of an average thickness of 3 feet each and an average weight of 2.5 tons.
Built of Successive coats of rough-hewn blocks of limiston. Smooth by exquisitely carved and close filing blocks of granite on the outer coat. Used in the building of Caira the outer blocks were removed. In the pyramid was 3 feet wide 4 feet high is a passage in the middle of the north side that leads into a chamber that is cut in solid rock. 100 feet under ground level and exactly 600 feet under the apex, two other chambers halfway between this and the apex with pictures and sculputes depicting the king's exploits.
The mummy of Cheops was not present.
HOW BUILT: Using stone and copper instruments only the stones were cut from a quarry 12 miles to the east during inundations floated across the Nile and then drawn up long sloping construction ramps of earth. Moved by means of wedges driven alternately on one side and then the other of platforms with cradle like bottoms with endless gangs of men tugging at ropes. To build the ramps way it is said it took 100,000 men 10 years and then to build the pyramid another 20 years using all forced labor.

THE THREE GREAT EPOCHS OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY WERE!

OLD KINGDOM: Dynasties 3 to 6 was of Pyramid Building Mostly commonly at about 2700 BC or 2400 BC Variously placed at between 4000 B.C. and 2000 B.C.

MIDDLE KINGDOM:

Dynastic 11 and 12 Time of Abraham about 2000 B.C. Era of Canal building, Great prosperity

THE EMPIRE PERIOD:

Dynastics 18 and 19; 1600-1200 B.C. The first World Empire. This was the time of Israel's sojourn in Egypt, the first world empire ruled from Ethiopia to the Euphrates.

Egyptian Chronology. The chronology is fairly well established until the 1600 BC. then before that time it is uncertain. The first historical king, Menes, is dated by Egyptologists variously as follows. Petrie 550 BC ; Brugsch 4500 B.C ; Lepsius 3900 B.C ; Bunsen 3600 B.C ; Breasted 3400 B.C ; Meeyer 3300 B.C ; Scharff 3000 B.C ; Poole 2700 B.C ; G. Rawlinson 2450 B.C ; Wildson 2320 B.C ; and Scharpe 2000 B.C.

Two of the most famous Egyprologist Breasted and Petrie deffer by 2000 years at the beginning of the date of the point of Egyprian history. On the dates of the Pyramids the same two differ by more than 1000 years and in the Hyksos period 700 years

KING JAMES BIBLE

1. Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

2. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

6. And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

8. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12. And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

13. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14. And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

15. And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

16. And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

17. And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18. And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

19. 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.

20. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

21. Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

22. The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23. And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24. And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

25. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name wasJoktan.

26. And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27. And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28. And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29. And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

30. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

31. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

32. These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

KING JAMES 1611

1. Now these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Iaphet: and vnto them were sonnes borne after the Flood.

2. The sonnes of Iaphet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, & Tubal, and Meshech, & Tiras.

3. And the sonnes of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4. And the sons of Iauan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5. By these were the Iles of the Gentiles diuided in their lands, euery one after his tongue: after their families, in their nations.

6. And the sonnes of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7. And the sonnes of Cush, Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sonnes of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

8. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is saide, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the LORD.

10. And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11. Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah,

12. And Resen betweene Nineueh and Calah: the same is a great citie.

13. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14. And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (out of whome came Philistiim) and Caphtorim.

15. And Canaan begate Sidon his first borne, and Heth,

16. And the Iebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgasite,

17. And the Hiuite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18. And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

19. And the border of the Canaanites, was from Sidon, as thou commest to Gerar, vnto Gaza, as thou goest vnto Sodoma and Gomorah, and Admah, & Zeboim, euen vnto Lasha.

20. These are the sonnes of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

21. Unto Shem also the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Iaphet the elder, euen to him were children borne.

22. The children of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23. And the children of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24. And Arphaxad begate Salah, and Salah begate Eber.

25. And vnto Eber were borne two sonnes: the name of one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth diuided, and his brothers name was Ioktan.

26. And Ioktan begate Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and Ierah,

27. And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28. And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29. And Ophir, and Hauilah, & Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.

30. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar, a mount of the East.

31. These are the sonnes of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands after their nations.

32. These are the families of the sonnes of Noah after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations diuided in the earth after the Flood.

Compare Verses to Verses

I == Gen 9:1 , 7 , 19

II == 1st Chr 1:5

V == Ps 72:10 ; Jer 2:10 ; 25:22 ; Zeph 2:11

VI == 1st Chr 1:8

IX == Gen 6:11

X == Mic 5:6

XIV == 1st Chr 1:12

XIX ==Gen 13:12 , 14-15 , 17 ; 15:18-21 ; Num 34:2-12 ; Josh 12:7-8

XXII == 1st Chr 1:17

XXIV == Gen 11:12

XXV == 1st Chr 1:19

XXXII == Gen 9:19 ; 10:1

THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE

1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom sons were born after the flood.

2 The descendants of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 The descendants of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim.

5 These are the descendants of Japheth, and from them sprang the maritime nations, in their respective lands - each with its own language - by their clans within their nations.

6 The descendants of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first potentate on earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter by the grace of the LORD; hence the saying, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter by the grace of the LORD."

10 The chief cities of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.

11 From that land he went forth to Asshur, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

12 as well as Resen, between Nineveh and Calah, the latter being the principal city.

13 Mizraim became the father of the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,

14 the Pathrusim, the Casluhim, and the Caphtorim from whom the Philistines sprang.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his first-born, and of Heth;

16 also of 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 spread out,

19 so that the Canaanite borders extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar, near Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

20 These are the descendants of Ham, according to their clans and languages, by their lands and nations.

21 To Shem also, Japheth's oldest brother and the ancestor of all the children of Eber, sons were born.

22 The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 To Eber two sons were born: the name of the first was Peleg, for in his time the world was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan.

26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.

30 Their settlements extended all the way to Sephar, the eastern hill country.

31 These are the descendants of Shem, according to their clans and languages by their lands and nations.

32 These are the groupings of Noah's sons, according to their origins and by their nations. From these the other nations of the earth branched out after the flood.

COMMENTARIE

v 1-5. This is more a genealogy of peoples or nations, than individuals.
The descendants of Japheth: Japhethites went northward, settling in regions around the Black & Caspian Sea and became progenitors of the great caveasion races of Europe and Asia. Many of the names in verse two became the names of cities of Europe and Asia, including Russia. Several become prominent in end time prophesies, and Tarshish, v 4 is in Spain. As the result of the judgment of chapter 11, each region had it’s own language.

The islands: So the Hebrews called all the remote countries, to which they went by ships from Judea, to Greece, Italy, Spain, etc.

V 10 Accad, one of Nimrod’s cities was also called “Sippar” which means “Book Town” indicating that it was known as a famous library center.

v 6-20. The descendants of Ham. Hamites went soutward. Name given seems to indicate south and central Arabia, Egypt, the East shore of the Mediterianean and the East Coast of Africa. Nimrod “Rebel” was aggressive in his accomplishments, and he was a mighty hunter. This was not just against wild beasts, but in terrorizing men in defiance of the Lord. While “Shepherd Kings” cared for and led their subjects, the “Hunter King” viciously sought his own desires. His first city , or small fort, was Babel, and he spread out from there. Babel was later called Babylon and as it was Nimrod’s seat of wickedness, this will be the headquarters of the Antichrist, Rev. 17:3-5 and Isa. 14:4. Nimrod developed Ninevah, about 250 miles up the Tigris River from Babylon, which was always a wicked city. (The KJV, v 11, says Asshur. That is another word for Assyrian. Correct translations read, “Out of that land Nimrod went forth into Assyria and builded Ninevah.”) Notice in v 14 the Philistines, v 15 the Hittites, v 16 Jebusites (at Jerusalem), some think the Sinite of v 17 are Chinese, v 19 area of the land of Canaan, and other names which are frequently mentioned much later. Those who claim Genesis accounts were copied from later writings should note that the four cities mentioned in this verse had been totally destroyed in Abraham’s time, but now unearthed. For modern day counterparts to these locations, see New Schofield notes. See also detailed comments in The Genesis flood, by Henry M. Morris

v 21-32. The descendants of Shem: Shemires included Jews, Assyrians, Syrians, Flamites, in nothr Euphrates Valley and its borders. Again there are familiar names, but mainly consider Arpachshad, in the line of Christ, and pick it up in 11:10. In v 25, notice Peleg means “divided”, because the earth was divided in his days. Probably this was the way the Lord divided them at the time of confusion of languages at the tower of Babel. Zephaniah 3:9 (RSV) tells of the day language will be reunited and the Lord will change the speech of the people to a pure speech, to call on the name of the Lord. The view that the continents were divided at this time is impossible, as they don’t fit together properly, and the land mass under the oceans is still connected, so far as presently known. The oceans were shallow at first, as evidenced by the continental shelves, and men could walk from one continent to another. Continued shaping of the land, and especially the melting of the vast glaciers that developed at the time of the flood, added tremendous depth to the oceans.

A theory is that a huge ice mass from outer space approached the earth. Some of the ice came off making the ice rings around some of the planets. The mass divided to the poles by the magnetism as it approached earth, making the enormous ice fields.

Animals had reproduced rapidly on the earth after the flood, and under the ash cloud from volcanoes, even giraffes etc. have been found near the poles, but suddenly covered with a huge snow and ice mass, so cold that they froze within hours. This explains vast numbers of frozen mammoths, some even still standing. They would have deteriorated under simple earth cold. Mammoths would have to be frozen within 5 hours or deterioration would have ruined the food in their stomachs. Some even feel that the Mediterranean, Black Sea etc. were back filled from the ocean as it increased in depth from the melting ice cap. As we consider these things, evolution becomes absurd. The layers we see in rocks are not from millions of years, but laid down quickly, as when you shake up sand in a jar and it settles out into layers. Also, canyons were formed in a short time by vast amounts of receding water, not by small amounts in rivers over time. The vast width is proof of that. We have also seen that fast action in the river that was dammed up at Mt St Helens, then broke through. In that short time, bark was came off logs and settled to the bottom starting coal deposit. The river in Grand Canyon would have had to run up hill to get over the ridge, but the vast lake above broke through suddenly. A huge canyon quickly formed, confirmed by the action at Mount Saint Helens, and even the Saylorville overflow in the ‘93 flood, then the river took it’s course later. Any thing which evolution tries unsuccessfully to prove can be easily explained by the Genesis flood.
(Verse 25) Peleg. The context of the following chapter, would seem to indicate the division was according to language. This would also have been the time when the different skin pigmentations were started. The genes for all the people were found in Adam. Now the gene pool was split up in smaller groups, and in one generation, all dominant “racial” features appeared. That is a misnomer as there is only one race. There are only four pigments and their variations. Joktan. This word means shortening. It was at this time that lives of men began to shorten. Scientifically, the greater exposure to sun rays etc following the flood perhaps is a contributing cause. Note that in this family register, seventy primeval nations are listed. Then study how many times seventy is significant in the nation of Israel.