The Sons of Noah – the Nations Spread Out (Gen 10)
Primeval history
The table of nations in Gen 10: the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth spread out from the mountains of Ararat. Blue = Japheth, orange = Ham, green = Shem.
The Sons of Noah – the Nations Spread Out (Gen 10)
Primeval history
The table of nations in Gen 10: the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth spread out from the mountains of Ararat. Blue = Japheth, orange = Ham, green = Shem.
Steder (19)
1
Ararat
Gen 8:4
The landing place of the ark – the starting point for the spreading of the nations
2
Javan (Greece)
Gen 10:2:4
Son of Japheth – ancestor of the Greeks and the island peoples
3
Gomer (Anatolia)
Gen 10:2-3
Son of Japheth – the Cimmerians in northern Asia Minor
4
Madai (Media)
Gen 10:2
Son of Japheth – ancestor of the Medes in north-western Iran
5
Tarshish (Spain)
Gen 10:4
Son of Javan – the distant western trading city, probably in southern Spain
6
Kittim (Cyprus)
Gen 10:4
Son of Javan – the island of Cyprus and the coastal peoples of the Mediterranean
7
Tubal
Gen 10:2
Son of Japheth – a people in north-eastern Anatolia by the Black Sea
8
Meshech
Gen 10:2
Son of Japheth – a people in the Caucasus region
9
Cush (Nubia)
Gen 10:6-8
Son of Ham – southern Egypt and Nubia; father of Nimrod
10
Mizraim (Egypt)
Gen 10:6:13-14
Son of Ham – ancestor of the Egyptians and the Philistines
11
Put (Libya)
Gen 10:6
Son of Ham – North Africa west of Egypt
12
Canaan
Gen 10:6:15-19
Son of Ham – ancestor of the Canaanites; the borders of their land are described in detail
13
Babel / Shinar (Nimrod)
Gen 10:8-10
Nimrod, son of Cush – the first mighty man; Babel, Erech, Akkad and Calneh
14
Nineveh / Assyria (Nimrod)
Gen 10:11-12
Nimrod went to Assyria and built Nineveh, the great city
15
Elam
Gen 10:22
Son of Shem – the Elamites in south-western Iran (Susa)
16
Asshur
Gen 10:22
Son of Shem – the Assyrians in northern Mesopotamia
17
Arpachshad / Eber
Gen 10:22:24-25
Son of Shem → Eber → Peleg (in his days the earth was divided); the line of Abraham
18
Aram (Syria)
Gen 10:22-23
Son of Shem – the Arameans in Syria and northern Mesopotamia
19
Lud (Lydia)
Gen 10:22
Son of Shem – probably the Lydians in western Anatolia