Gen 10 - Thinking Pointers
1. Japheth had 7 sons and 7 grandsons recorded; Ham 4 sons, 18 grandsons and 2 great grandsons
2. "Isle of the gentiles" denote a sort of island where they all lived and imply a gradual distinction of people with and without the fear of God slowly populating the earth
3. Nimrod - the famous hunter was believed to the first empire builder, having a paganistic belief to call men to unite and resist the command of God to go forth spreading and occupying the rest of the earth
4. Some belief its throught this defying act that the common tongue was replaced with over 70 languages by God shortly after
5. Shem had 5 sons, 5 grandsons and 1 great-grandson. Shem's line is deeply described in this chapter, against Ham and Japhath's
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