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Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
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A Blueprint for History
Commentators explain that this chapter is more than a simple family tree. Its primary purpose is theological: to show the origin of all nations from a single family, to trace the lineage from which the Messiah would come, and to provide a divine framework for all of human history.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. גמר gomer — “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι Kimmerioi. מגוג māgôg — “Mag…
19th Century
Anglican
Shem, Ham, and Japheth. —This is the undeviating arrangement of the three brothers. (See Note on Genesis 9:24;[Reference Genesis 1…
16th Century
Protestant
These are the generations. If anyone wishes to examine more accurately the genealogies related by Moses in this and the following chapter,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah The genealogy of them, and which is of great use to show the origi…
This chapter shows, concerning the three sons of Noah, that from them the whole earth was overspread.
No nation, except for the Jews, can be…
