This week we will be looking at some more genealogy. However this one is a little different. it is identifying the family and clan groups that have come out of the descendants of Noah. Our text covers from 10:1 until 11:27. There are several side-trips in the genealogy to tell stories. We are going to skip over the side-story of the Tower of Babel Story since we will be covering that story in more detail in our next session.

• Genesis 10 & 11

  Text from The Bible Gateway

  Genesis 10
  Genesis 11

• Scripture Audio:

  Presented as dramatizations from The Bible Gateway

  Genesis 10 Audio
  Genesis 11 Audio

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• Suggested Study Resources

  The following three resources should be helpful. Of course feel free to chase down any study rabbit holes and you want to chase. This is your deep dive in the Word.

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• Genesis 10 & 11 – talmidimway.org

  Good presentation (YouTube Video and Outline to review on site). Based primarily from a logical and factual perspective.

  Web Site Link
  YouTube Video

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• Genesis 10-11 – Complete Obedience – redeeminggod.com

  For those of you who like more of a narrative explanation, this article does a good job and adds a couple of interesting twists to the genealogy that you should find interesting.

  Website Link

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• EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLES:

  If you want to dive deeper into this scripture, I have found a few resources that take different views of this scripture passage. They are worth your time.

  Genesis 10-11 – 2009 – Skip Heitzig

  A sermon on these two chapters. This is an easy and enjoyable listen. There are some statements that you might find interesting in this presentation.

  YouTube Video

  The Blue Letter Bible: Genesis Chapter 10

  A very traditional Biblestudy/commentary. There are some good nuggets of info that we should take note of.

  Web Link – Chapter 10
  Web Link – Chapter 11

  The Table of Nations: The Geography of the World in Genesis 10 – Thetorah.com.

  A view of the chapter focused on more of a Jewish / Eastern perspective than we are used to. It also uses the different sources of the ancient texts to explain why some of the nations are mentioned more than once. (primarily from the J and P sources).

  Web Link

  Lesson 22: The Roots of the Nations (Genesis 10:1-32) – bible.org

  This one is somewhat repetitive to what we have already seen, but sometimes hearing the same thing in more than one way is beneficial.

  Web Link
  Audio Download Link

Here are some questions and thoughts to ponder as you look into the resources for this week.

1. It is mentioned that many of these groups had their own language, but in the Tower of Babel story there is only one language. Explain.
2. Is there something significant to the number of nations being 70?
3. According to this account, we are all descendants of Noah. Just ponder for a moment.
4. Why are the sons listed in different orders throughout Genesis?
5. There are some groups of note. What is important in the Bible concerning
• Magog (hint: Revelation)
• Canaan (hint: Israel and the promised land)
• Sheba (hint: Solomon)
• Uz (hint: Job)
• Tarshish (hint: Jonah)
• Eber (hint: Hebrew)
6. Why do we need to take note of these groups listed here?