Squeezing the juice of Geneology S1e62 Gen10:1
Why listen to the geneology of Noah’s sons?
What is in it for us?
Why would the Lord have us have this? Why teach a Geneology?
Attitude: LEAN IN to this geneology. Squeezing the juice
1. Japheth gets the Mediterranean Sea Area Let’s listen:
10 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.NATIONS! TURKEY, BLACK SEA CYPRUS,RHODES, ARMENIA, HUGE SWATHS OF LAND AND PEOPLES. EPIC IN SCALE: MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU CAN FIT IN A MINI-VAN. FAMILY IN LARGEST OF SCALES.
Attitude: LEAN IN to this geneology. Squeezing the juice
2. Completeness. We believe in all the Bible. We teach all the Bible
3. Inconvenient but exposition of the heart of God. Hesitate to say it. Not the favorite moment of any bible reader. Dial up the effort . Dial up the study. Why is this here?
4. Geneology IS the point. Something happened after Noah—the rescue worked. The Boat was effective. Humanity continued dispite: nakedness, drunkenness and impared family. Maybe this sounds familiar to you. Yes, rebellion from God, His Word, His people is alive and well.
5. Organizational structure of Genesis “These are the generations of” is used 10 times in Genesis. This it number 2.
Start of people groups, clans, cultures, languages, choice and curse
“Table of nations”
Continuation of the offspring of Adam and Eve, and Noah
Ham. He’s the one that made light of Noah’s nakedness.
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. FOUR. SON ONE LIST:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: GRANDSON LIST Sheba and Dedan. SPECIAL LIST:MIGHTY, KING, CITY BUILDER.NINEVEH.JONAH! 8 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh,NINEVEH. CAPITAL CITY OON TIGRIS RIVER OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE. EMPIRE BUILDER. Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
Technology: bricks in Ch 11
Familiar people groups
Africa Cush South of Egypt,Nimrod in Mesopotamia
Put west of Egypt, Put,
Egypt—son of Ham,
Countries, Clans, started out as PEOPLE, specifically a PERSON
As a city, Babylon symbolizes humanity’s ambition to dethrone God and make the earth its own
DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTS THE TEACHING AND RESULT OF THE TOWER OF BABBLE LESSON IN NEXT CHAPTER. DISPERSE, PROTECTION FROM VAIN PURSUITS. BUT ALLOW THE MESSAGE OF REDEMPTION TO GO FORTH TO ALL THESE LANGUAGES AND PLACES AND PEOPLES.
What Looms large starts small—then grows
PERSON Mesopotamia Nimrod
Conclusions.
Sin starts small. Deal with it then. Deal with it today.
IF YOU were father or mother of a nation someday, what footing would you like to start out on today?
Rightness with God starts small. Deal with it today.