The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 10:2

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GENESIS 10:21

The descendants of Japheth 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Ma- gog, 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. The descendants of Ham 6 And the sons of Ham; 1 Cush, and 2 Miz- raim, and 3 Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. Nimrod builds eight cities in Shinar 8 And Cush begat 4 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 Nim- rod the mighty 5 hunter before the LORD. 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was 6 Babel, and 7 Erech, and 8 Accad, and 9 Calneh, in the land of 10 Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth 11 Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Re- hoboth, and 12 Calah,

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. The descendants of Ham (cont.) 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana- mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 13 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and 14 Heth, 16 15 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 16 Lasha.

1. or, “Ethiopia” 2. or, “Egypt” 3. or, “Libya” 4. Mic 5:6 Note - Nimrod was born sometime before Noah’s descendants entered the land of Shinar. Nimrod, founder of Babylon (vs 10), foreshadows the person of the Antichrist (the rebel against the Lord, whose goal is to bring about a “united” world society from which God is to be excluded - Gen 11:1-8 and Rev 13). 5. Gen 25:27 6. meaning, “gate of God” - Rev 17:5 7. meaning, “length” 8. meaning, “fortress” 9. meaning, “fortress” Note - This is not the same Calneh spoken of in Amos 6:2 10. meaning, “watch of him that sleeps” 11. vs 22 12. meaning, “old age” Note - Calah later became the capitol of Assyria under Shalmaneser I who reigned c.1275 B.C. 13. I Chro 1:12 14. Gen 23:3 15. Deut 7:1 16. meaning, “to anoint” 17. Note - According to this verse, Japheth was the elder (the oldest) of Noah’s children even though Shem was normally listed

Sidon

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MED SEA

AMMORITES

CANAANITES GIRGASHITES HIVITES JEBUSITES

Caspian Sea

Tigris River

Gaza • Gerar

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Sodom Gomorrah

Admah Zeboim

Babel (Babylon) • • Erech Calneh-nippur •

The border of the Canaanites - Map #3 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their coun- tries, and in their nations. The descendants of Shem 21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth 17 the elder, even to him were children born.

Euphrates River

first amongst the three sons (Gen 5:32).

SHINAR

Persian Gulf

Nimrod builds four cities - Map #5

10:8 Nimrod’s name means “valiant; strong.” Nimrod was a rebel who allowed himself to be worshipped as a god. He was later worshipped as Marduk, the god of Assyria. Alexander Hislop in The Two Babylons stated that the Babylonian Mystery Religion (Rev 17:1-5) was based on the worship of Nimrod. Hislop notes: It was to glorify Nimrod that the whole Chaldean system of iniquity was formed. 1 1 Hislop, Alexander. The Two Babylons , First published as a pamphlet in 1853.