1. We Are Family We All Make Choices
Over 1.5 billion families in the world today
About 7.6 billion people
Roughly 10.5 million people in Prison in the world
We are beginning around 2319 BC
The chapter covers at least 175 yrs
Some calendars have it closer to 400 years
Dr. James Boice calls it “a chapter that is surely one of the most interesting and important in the entire Word of God”
William F. Albright (not a conservative) said that this chapter “stands absolutely alone in ancient literature, without a remote parallel, even among the Greeks, where we find the closest approach to a distribution of peoples in genealogical framework.... The Table of Nations remains an astonishingly accurate document”
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2. But it all started with Noah and his relationship with God
How did it go wrong
Remember – before Noah Billions of people
Book of Jasher – Josephus – Jubelies
All of the followers of God – died off
What are our choices
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3. It is About to Begin Again
10 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
Only 17 grandsons are mentioned
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4. Japheth
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
Ezekiel 38:6
also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
Ezekiel 38:2
“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him
Revelation 20:8
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
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5. Over 11 million square miles
Gomer: The descendants of Gomer generally settled in what is today Wales and Great Britain.
Magog: The descendants of Magog became the Russian peoples.
Madai: The descendants of Madai became the Medes
Javan: became the Greeks. It is also interesting to note that one of Javan’s sons Tarshish has become what is today modern day Spain. Tarshish is mentioned in a prophecy in the Book of Isaiah 60:1-12.
Tubal: A bit of controversy on this one. However, I’ll go with Josephus’s take on the matter who identified the descendants of Tubal with the Iberians, that is, the inhabitants of a tract of country between the Caspian and Euxine Seas, which nearly corresponded to the modern Georgia.
Tiras: From Tiras came a group of people known as the Thracians who became the Macedonians from whom Alexander the Great came,
Meschech: The descendants of Meshech were believed to have originated from the North-east of Asia Minor, particularly in the area that is now Turkey. Then they travelled north and settled in Rosh, which is modern day Russia.
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6. Gomer 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
 Galatia. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus records that the people who were called Galatians or Gauls in his day
They migrated westward to what are now called France and Spain. For many centuries France was called Gaul, after the descendants of Gomer.
migrated further to what is now called Wales. 
Welsh historian, Davis, records a traditional Welsh belief that the descendants of Gomer ‘landed on the Isle of Britain from France, about three hundred years after the flood’.2 He also records that the Welsh language is called Gomeraeg (after their ancestor Gomer).
Encyclopaedia Britannica says that the Armenians traditionally claim to be descended from Togarmah and Ashkenaz
Moved into  Turkey. The name Turkey probably comes from Togarmah.
Others of them migrated to Germany. Ashkenaz is the Hebrew word for Germany.
March Anti-Semitic crime increases in Germany
April Germany Has a New Anti-Semitism Problem
May Germany’s dangerous ‘new anti-Semitism’
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7. Javan 4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
Javan, is the Hebrew word for Greece.
Alexander’s influence is still affecting us today – even in the church

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10. Ham 6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
Bible often refers to Africaas the land of Ham (Psalms 105:23,27; 106:22
 Noah’s grandson Cush is the Hebrew word for old Ethiopia
Noah’s grandson mentioned was Mizraim. Mizraim (mitsrayîm, מצרים) is the Hebrew word for Egypt.
Phut, the name of Noah’s next grandson is the Hebrew name for Libya
Canaan, is the Hebrew name for the general region later called by the Romans Palestine, i.e. modern Israel and Jordan
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12. Cush The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.
Cush clan mentioned 55 times in the OT
Interesting no mention of Nimrod
Jewish tradition – Noah took the animal skins that God made Adam and Eve on the Ark
Ham stole those and later passed them down to Cush
Cush later passed them down to Nimrod – his son in his old age
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13. Raamah The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Ezekiel 38:13 
13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her villages[a]will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’
Referring to
Ezekiel 38:1-3 
38 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lordsays: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal.
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14. Nimrod
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah— which is the great city.
Nimrod was not wicked in his youth. On the contrary, when a young man he used to sacrifice to Yhwh the animals which he caught while hunting
His great success in hunting (comp. Gen. x. 9) was due to the fact that he wore the coats of skin which God made for Adam and Eve (Gen. iii. 21). These coats were handed down from father to son, and thus came into the possession of Noah, who took them with him into the ark, whence they were stolen by Ham. The latter gave them to his son Cush, who in turn gave them to Nimrod, and
when the animals saw the latter clad in them, they crouched before him so that he had no difficulty in catching them. The people, however, thought that these feats were due to his extraordinary strength, so that they made him their king
Jasher
29. And Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush had begotten Nimrod, he gave him those garments through his love for him, and Nimrod grew up, and when he was twenty years old he put on those garments. 30. And Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments, and God gave him might and strength, and he was a mighty hunter in the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the animals and he built altars, and he offered upon them the animals before the Lord.
According to another account, when Nimrod was eighteen years old, war broke out between the Hamites, his kinsmen, and the Japhethites. The latter were at first victorious,
but Nimrod, at the head of a small army of Cushites, attacked and defeated them, after which he was made king over all the people on earth.
It was then, elated by so much glory, that Nimrod changed his behavior toward Yhwh and became the most flagrant idolater
i. He was a hunter of men - a warrior. It was through his ability to fight and kill and rule ruthlessly that his kingdom of the Euphrates valley city states was consolidated." (Boice)
ii. A Jerusalem Targum says: "He was powerful in hunting and in wickedness before the Lord, for he was a hunter of the sons of men, and he said to them, 'Depart from the judgment of the Lord, and adhere to the judgment of Nimrod!' Therefore it is said: 'As Nimrod the strong one, strong in hunting, and in wickedness before the Lord.’ “
Jewish legend: "The great success that attended all of Nimrod's undertakings produced a sinister effect. Men no longer trusted in God, but rather in their own prowess and ability, an attitude to which Nimrod tried to convert the whole world."
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16. Egypt
13 Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
674 times
Only 225 years until Jacob goes and sees his son Joseph in Egypt
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17. Canaan
15 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, 16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites
Tyre and Sidon – major trading ports on the Med
Sidon home town of Jezebel
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19. Later the Canaanite clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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20. Shem
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
Elam is the ancient name for Persia, which is itself the ancient name for Iran.
Asshur is the Hebrew word for Assyria
Arphaxad was the father of the Chaldeans.
Lud was the ancestor of the Lydians. Lydia was in what is now Western Turkey.
Aram is the Hebrew word for Syria
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22. Aram 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
Uz where Job Lived
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23. Aram
Uz where Job Lived
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24. Arphaxad 24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.
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25. Eber
25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan
Peleg - Luke 3:35
the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
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26. Joktan
26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
26 nations come from Joktan’s sons
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27. 30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
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28. 31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. 32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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29. I Choose Joy Jesus Others Yourself
WHEN THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN I CHOOSE JOY WHEN THE WORLD STOPS SPINNING `ROUND I CHOOSE JOY
WHEN HATE IS ALL I SEE I CHOOSE JOY WHEN FEAR WON'T LET ME BE I CHOOSE JOY 
I'll never let the problems keep me down – I choose joy
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