#Arpachshad

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oc's in the fear and hunger style (tried)

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Genesis chapter 10 "The Table of Nations": mapped to probable locations.

From the New Oxford Annotated Bible 5th edition.

Genesis 10 (NRSVue translation):

These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.

2 The descendants of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The descendants of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.[a] 5 From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth[b] in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.

6 The descendants of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. 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, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 Egypt became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim, from whom the Philistines come, and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth 16 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha. 20 These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[c] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the descendants of Joktan. 30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar, the hill country of the east. 31 These are the descendants of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

32 These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

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The Descendants of Noah

1 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. These are the sons of Japheth in their lands, each with his own language, by their families, in their nations.

6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush became the father of 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, and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 Egypt became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naph-tuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 16 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abima-el, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. — Genesis 10 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 5:32; Genesis 9:18-19; Genesis 9:27; Genesis 11:1-2; Genesis 15:19; Genesis 23:3; Genesis 25:27; Numbers 24:22; Numbers 24:24; Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 19:35; 1 Kings 10:1; 1 Chronicles 1:6; 1 Chronicles 1:11; 1 Chronicles 1:15; 1 Chronicles 1:17; 1 Chronicles 1:19,20 and 21; 1 Chronicles 1:23; Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 37:37; Ezekiel 26:15; Luke 3:35-36; Acts 8:26

Commentary on Genesis 10 by Matthew Henry

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Arphaxed Loomis

1798-1885, American lawyer and judge. His unusual first name was a version of the minor Biblical figure Arpachshad, a grandson of Noah and ancestor of Abraham.

[thefernmanner]

"Ararat." From the Book of Sirach, "The Manner of the Fern" 6: 5-13.

Friendship like the Torah itself is an upward spiraling circle, specifically the one that leads up to the top of Ararat, in which the government is actively managing in aspects of civil society that make it easy for persons to befriend each other and managing away those that make it difficult.

From Noach: Shem's Descendants

10 These are the generations of Shem (complete knowledge) . When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad- Chesed two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. 15 And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. 17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. 21 And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

“Complete knowledge [of the Torah] leads to mercy. Mercy is the mission and crosses over all the divisions. It branches out through friendships. It is the fire that scorches slaves and makes them into freedmen. It protects those who wander, it shields them, exalts them and makes them into mountaineers [of Ararat].”

Friendship according to Sirach requires a test of various conditions found in the personality.

Friendship, False and True

5 Pleasant speech multiplies friends,     and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies. 6 Let those who are at peace with you be many,     but let your advisers be one in a thousand. 7 When you gain friends, gain them through testing,     and do not trust them hastily. 8 For there are friends who are such when it suits them,     but they will not stand by you in time of trouble. 9 And there are friends who turn to enmity     and tell of the quarrel to your disgrace. 10 And there are friends who are companions at the table,     but they will not stand by you in time of trouble. 11 When you are prosperous, they become your second self     and boldly command your slaves, 12 but if you are brought low, they turn against you     and hide themselves from you. 13 Keep away from your enemies,     and be on guard with your friends.

Verse 13 says it all, except we can no longer keep too great a distance from our enemies as they are now all firing supersonic nuclear tipped missiles at us and each other. So back to the Torah and God's Authority we must turn for the best ways to test the limits of human behavior. One must not build a Pslam by oneself, certainly not at the discretion of one's enemies, and not while nukes are falling from the sky.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 5-6: Pleasant speech multiplies friends. The number is 9851, טחה‎‎א, taha, "will darken."

No one wants to be seen with an anemic, awkward, ill speaking jackass. To darken is to redden and tan the skin or as the Torah says to undergo Haran.

v. 7-8: Do not trust your friends hastily. The Number is 12168, יבי״וח‎, ivyah, "how to spend, what you will bring home."

v. 9-10: There are friends who will tell of your disgrace. I've heard that can happen. My favorite example is when I was homeless, penniless, dressed in rags and pulling weeds from the side of the road to have enough to eat and still everyone called me the King of Israel. It was a poignantly low moment of my life. Some people just don't have good sense.

This basic ability to observe and engage in normal interpersonal skills will be humanity's downfall.

The Number is 10838, קחל‎ח, kahala, "bluish."

There is a proof for the word "indigo" that explains how man evolves out of a state of being that is false and filled with diabolic trickery into an upright friendly being. Indigo is 119, יאט‎, "the yacht" which is Torah talk for "sail and steer without drifting or capsizing"= "meditate upon the inner tendencies."

v. 11-12: When you are prosperous, they become your second self. When stuff and things do not make sense, like an outfit that does not fit well in the Macy's, we do not try it on again, make a very bad decision to purchase the items and then wear them.

I called, emailed, or confronted every politician in the Congress, White House and Supreme Court explaining I saw every member of Donald Trump's cabinet fuchking little kids, laughing about it while they were doing it, and was running for my very life from them because no one would do anything about it, and now these same persons are heading back to the trough. This is not how governments and their citizens make friends with each other or the rest of the human commune around them. I am determined to emphasize this point, found remarkably in in the early part of the Torah called Ararat, "the appeal against."

The Number is 12681, יבוחח‎ ‎, "shout, and they will laugh and run away."

v. 13: Keep away from your enemies, and be on guard with your friends. A vile piece of shit filth, Geoff Tunicliffe threatens Jewish people every day. I called and called and wrote and complained and nothing changed, nothing but October 7. I will be damned but he and everyone at the Christian Post could not shut up about attacking Jews and conquering Israel because they think it belongs to them, and then they and Donald Trump who is their very best pal fulfilled their plans, covered themselves in spray tan and went screaming through the gates of Gaza and started shooting and goring innocent people.

The same persons are about to take over our lives again. Don't say you weren't warned.

The Number is 4877, דח‎ זז, "push and move."

Someone besides me push their feet up Joe Biden's asshole for a change. ‎

And by the way you fucking idiots, the story of Noah's Ark is fake. It is an allegory. You are all dipshitz. The Torah says without pushing life does not take place. From afar God and the angels shine their magic radiation on the world and this turn inorganic matter into living things. Everything but us who are dead to it.

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"The Children of Israel." From Surah 10, Surah Yunus, "The Dove."

Israel has been granted additional funds and weapons by the US Government in order to defend itself against Hamas and reacquire Gaza City, one of the Cities of Friendship named by the Torah as a franchise of the Haram.

From Parsha Noach:

19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar (sojourning) as far as Gaza (strong), and in the direction of Sodom (to burn) Gomorrah (people who shoot arrows tyrants), Admah (red earth, arable soil), and Zeboiim (gazelles), as far as Lasha (gaped at, delighted). 20 These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

“The servants of God overpower those consumed by the lust for power, who work for tyrants, using the Fire free the citizens of oppressed nations and create herds of happy, delighted little gazelles!”

21 To Shem (supreme knowledge) also, the father of all the children of Eber (who has passed over), the elder brother of Japheth (boundless civilization), children were born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam (hidden),  Asshur (level, happy, just), Arpachshad= chesed= mercy, Lud (standing water), and Aram (high citadel). 

“The supreme knowledge, hidden within the happy, balanced, just and merciful is the standing water that reflects the Most High.” 

= the mirror image of a flood of violence. 

23 The sons of Aram: Uz (inner strength), Hul (writhing circle), Gether (winepress of vision), and Mash (drawn out). 

“Through contemplation and strength of will, the writhing mind is pressed and made to draw out the essence of the Most High.” 

24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah (the mission); and Shelah fathered Eber (the region beyond). 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (divided canal),[p] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan (he will be small) . 26

“Through mercy the mission can reach the farthest regions, and the divided earth can became one.” 

Joktan fathered Almodad (immeasurable is how God loves!), Sheleph (draw out), Hazarmaveth (village of death), Jerah (the moon), 27 Hadoram (thunder is exalted), Uzal (vanish), Diklah (palm tree), 28 Obal (not clouded), Abimael (God is father), Sheba (seven oaths), 29 Ophir (mark of wealth), Havilah (the burning fort), and Jobab (Yah is father); all these were the sons of Joktan (he will be small). 

“The unified world is loved by God without measure. Those who follow His Voice, the Exalted Thunder will be drawn forth from the village of the damned, and their sins, their clouded judgement will vanish. If they swear the Seven Oaths, they will bear the mark of wealth, live under the Tallest Date Palm, which resides behind the Wall of Fire, within the Burning Fort.”

30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha (retreat or depart) in the direction of Sephar (the census) to the hill country of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

“To face east, towards the rising sun, to grow up, evolve, depart from the masses and reach for the Knowledge of the Supreme, is to become a part of the Effort to create an effortless peace all around the world.”

These are referred to in the Quran as well. They are not to be used as Cities of Abuse as they were by the Pharaoh of Egypt before they were liberated by Moses:

10: 87-91:

We revealed to Moses and his brother, “Appoint houses for your people in Egypt. Turn these houses into places of worship, establish prayer, and give good news to the believers!”

Moses prayed, “Our Lord! You have granted Pharaoh and his chiefs luxuries and riches in this worldly life, ˹which they abused˺ to lead people astray from Your Way! Our Lord, destroy their riches and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment.”

Allah responded ˹to Moses and Aaron˺,1 “Your prayer is answered! So be steadfast and do not follow the way of those who do not know.”

We brought the Children of Israel across the sea. Then Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them unjustly and oppressively. But as Pharaoh was drowning, he cried out, “I believe that there is no god except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am ˹now˺ one of those who submit.”

˹He was told,˺ “Now ˹you believe˺? But you always disobeyed and were one of the corruptors.

Commentary:

Allah told Muhammad not to follow in the way of people who do not know what is the Masjid. Israel will soon be free of Hamas and Hezbollah, and this means all the Israelites that yearn to cross the sea of tyranny and hopelessness to freedom will find the way Allah promised to His Prophet and settle in an effortless peace.

[thefunbible]

Genesis 11

01 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech, which was called Fuckintalkin.

02 As they traveled east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

03 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

04 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth, which is just the one nonfictional continent, after all.”

05 The Earl came down to see the city and the tower, which the varmints of males built.

06 The Earl said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them which they intend to do because what they built really blows my infinite goddamn mind.

07 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech because they really need help to not understand one another.”

08 So The Earl scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the pale blue dot. No bullshit: They stopped building the city.

09 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there The Earl confused the language of all the pale blue dot. From there, The Earl scattered them abroad on the surface of all the pale blue dot.

10 This is the history of the spawn of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, which was not a bullshit age when he became the spermer of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the spermer of Arpachshad, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the spermer of Shelah.

13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the spermer of Shelah, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the spermer of Eber.

15 Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the spermer of Eber, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the spermer of Peleg.

17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the spermer of Peleg, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the spermer of Reu.

19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the spermer of Reu, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the spermer of Serug.

21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the spermer of Serug, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the spermer of Nahor.

23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the spermer of Nahor, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the spermer of Terah.

25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the spermer of Terah, and became the spermer of more male-spawns and daughters.

26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the spermer of Bill, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now this is the history of the spawn of Terah. Terah became the spermer of Bill, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the spermer of Lot.

28 Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees, while his spermer Terah was still alive.

29 Bill and Nahor married lady-spouses. The name of Bill’s lady-spouse was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s lady-spouse was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the spermer of Iscah.

30 Sarai was barren. She had no varmint, but wow could she fuck.

31 Terah took Bill his male-spawn, Lot the male-spawn of Haran, his male-spawn’s male-spawn, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his male-spawn Bill’s lady-spouse. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years, which was not a bullshit age back then. Terah died in Haran

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The Families of the Nations of the World  

(Sunday, July 16th 2023 A.D.)  

Genesis 10:1-7  

Golden Text:      5 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. - Genesis 10:5  

We now come back to the plan of God.  We must realize that God knew every good and wicked thing that was ever going to happen, even before the creation. God knew about the sin of Adam before it occurred.  God knew Cain would kill Abel. God knew that the sons of God (through Adam) would marry into the daughters of man (the line of Cain) and they would be corrupted.  

It is interesting to note that we men are allowing our wives to be deceived by the devil and it all started with Eve. Sure she must have been a beauty to behold, she was a direct creation of the Hand of God, as He fashioned her. But remember as Eve was being captivated, charmed and beguiled by the devil in the form of a serpent, Adam was not deceived. Adam knew that to take of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil would bring death into the world.  Had not God said:  

 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. - Genesis 2:16-17  

First God told Adam (the man) that he could eat freely of every tree, but one. Adam ate of that forbidden tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God had said, thou shalt surely die. Death passed upon man by this sin.  

WE men claim that it was the fault of Eve. Yet, when the evil one tempted Eve to eat, Adam did not rush over to stop her. Then when she was going to take the first bite, Adam did not warn her.  Then when she did not immediately drop over grave yard dead Adam joined her in her sin and she gave to her husband Adam with her and he did eat.  

God knew all this would happen.  Jesus was willing to come and die for the sins of the world, beginning with Adam and continuing on to you (and me).  

Then after the marriage into the line of Cain, the men of the line of Adam again lost control and then must have joined their wives in those sins and violent acts. It got so bad that it grieved God that He had made man.  And God decided He had to have a new beginning. God said He would destroy all in whom is the breath of life because of their grievous sin and violence. All in whom was the breath of life perished in the world wide flood.  This proved God is sovereign.  This proved that at some point God would have had enough. How close are we to another intervention by God?  

God knew all this was going to happen.  So God chose Noah, as he found grace in the eyes of the Lord and God knew Noah would obey.  Trust and obey for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.  

So with His heart grieved God took out every man and all in whom was the breath of life.  God, however, made a provision for man to continue on through Noah and his three sons. That is just the way God does things.  We start today with the beginning of the second chance by God.  

Message Text   -   Genesis 10:1-7  

1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.  

The generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 1st Chronicles sets forth the families of the nations, and states the lineage as:  

4 - Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  1st Chronicles 1:4  

This traces the line of Jesus from Adam and here is Chronicles it brings us in verse 27 to Abraham and begins Chapter 2 with the sons of Israel.  

Shem means "fame" or "name." He fathered the Semitic people, which included the Jews. Scholars call the language they developed Shemitic or Semitic. Shem lived 600 years. His sons included Arpachshad, Elam, Asshur, Lud, and Aram.  

Shem:       Genesis 11:10 records that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of Arphaxad, two years after the flood; and that he lived for another 500 years after this, making his age at death 600 years.  

Excerpts from Genesis 11:10-27– (Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917):   'Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. ...  

The Bible only mentions Shem in the Book of Genesis and again in the book of  1 Chronicles 1:4, 17, 24. Other than that Shem is not mentioned in the Bible. So, we really have very little that we can know about Shem.  The rest of what you hear or read comes from other sources.  

In Islam:  Sunni Islam  

Shem is regarded by scholars to be the successor to Noah, receiving prophetic knowledge, enlightenment, and leadership of his people. Shem was also one of the people whom God had Jesus resurrect as a sign to the Children of Israel. Early Islamic historians like Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham always included Shem's name in the genealogy of Muhammad.  

Shi'a Islam  

In a Shiite tradition Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq has narrated to his companions that Jibrael visited Noah close to the time of his death, relaying God's message: "Oh Noah! Your prophethood has expired and your days are complete, so look to the Great Name, the inheritance and effects of the knowledge of prophethood, and hand these over to your son, Sam (Shem), for I do not leave the Earth except that there is a knowledgeable one by which obedience to Me (God) can be recognized..."  

Ham  

Ham means "hot" or "sunburnt." Cursed by Noah, his sons were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. One of Ham's grandsons was Nimrod, a mighty hunter, king over Babel. Nimrod also built the ancient city of Nineveh, which later played a part in the story of Jonah. Nimrod is believed to be the leader or one of the leaders who wanted to build the Tower of Babel.  

Ham is remembered for having gone in unto Noah who apparently was drunk and naked and looked upon his father in his nakedness. Then Ham, apparently, promptly relayed that information to his brothers Japheth and Shem. Those two took a sheet and walked in backwards and covered their father and his nakedness.  

Shem and Japheth received Noah's blessing because they had covered their father's drunken nakedness, while Ham, on the other hand, violated their father by looking at his nakedness. As a result, the descendants of Ham were cursed.   

Ham, according to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.  

Ham is mentioned in the book of Genesis and in 1 Chronicles as far as being a son of Noah, but the later mentions of Ham seem to be more or less pejorative (belittling, derogatory) in Psalms tells of the anger of God toward them:  

51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:  52 But made His own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. Psalms 78:51-52  

Or matter of factly, as in:  

23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.- Psalms 105:23  

And tells of the anger of God against the people of Ham. Psalms:  

Psalms 105:27 - They shewed His signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. (Egypt)  

Psalms 106:22 - Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.  

The Bible has little more to say about them, except that they, especially through the children of the child of Ham, Canaan were the enemies of Israel. These Canaanites settled the land that was later the Promised Land. The Canaanite had to be dispossessed from the Promised Land. The balance of what we know is from sources outside of the Bible. One must remember that these sources are not inspired by God and may not be true or totally true.  

Ham's descendants are interpreted by Flavius Josephus and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in Psalm 78:51; 105:23, 27; 106:22; 1 Chronicles 4:40.  

It is interesting to note that it was not a curse settled on Ham, but on the offspring of Ham: Canaan. Canaan would repopulate the area which later became the Promised Land for the descendants of Shem, when Joshua took the children of Israel into the promised land he had to dispossess the Canaanite.  

Japheth  

 Japheth (Latin: Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations as the ancestor of the peoples of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, and elsewhere. In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the progenitor of the European peoples, while Islamic traditions also include the Chinese people among his descendants.  

Again the Bible is relatively silent about Japheth. He is only mentioned in Genesis and in 1st Chronicles. Thus whatever we learn form other sources is to some part speculation and may or may not be true. So we have opted not to quote much of the speculation that is out there. Some of it is contrary to other sources.  All we need know is that Japheth is a son of Noah and through his line many of the Gentile nations (not Israelite) were formed, including much of Europe from whence come many who populated North America and the United States.  

2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.  

This is not a thing to argue with others about as there is much interesting speculation, but there are also solid differences that are not major that are set forth below for your education.  

In the Bible, Japheth is ascribed seven sons: Gomer, Magog, Tiras, Javan, Meshech, Tubal, and Madai. According to Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews I.6):  

 Japheth, the son of Noah, had seven sons: they inhabited so, that, beginning at the mountains Taurus and Amanus, they proceeded along Asia, as far as the river Tanais (Don), and along Europe to Cadiz; and settling themselves on the lands which they light upon, which none had inhabited before, they called the nations by their own names.  

The "Book of Jasher", published by Talmudic rabbis in the 17th century, provides some new names for Japheth's grandchildren not found in the Bible, and provided a much more detailed genealogy (see Japhetic).  

In Jewish tradition, Abraham's wife Keturah is sometimes considered a descendant of Japheth.  

Europeans  

... In the seventh century, archbishop Isidore of Seville wrote his noted encyclopedic-historical work, in which he traces the origins of most of the nations of Europe back to Japheth. ...  

William Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part II contains a wry comment about people who claim to be related to royal families. Prince Hal notes of such people,  

...they will be kin to us, or they will fetch it from Japhet. (II.ii 117-18)  

In the Polish tradition of Sarmatism, the Sarmatians, an Iranic people, were said to be descended from Japheth, son of Noah, enabling the Polish nobility to imagine that their ancestry could be traced directly to Noah.  

In Scotland, histories tracing the Scottish people to Japheth were published as late as George Chalmers' well-received Caledonia, published in 3 volumes from 1807 to 1824.  

Gomer       The Hebrew name Gomer refers to the Cimmerians, who dwelt in what is now southern Russia, "beyond the Caucasus", and attacked Assyria in the late 7th century BC.  ...  

Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth (and of the Japhetic line), and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10).  

Gomer,... is also mentioned in Book of Ezekiel 38:6 as the ally of Gog, the chief of the land of Magog.  

2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,  3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I Am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:  4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:  5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:  6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.  Ezekiel 38:2-6  

Traditional identifications: (Galatians?  Cappadocains? Gauls? Celts?)  

Josephus placed Gomer and the "Gomerites" in Anatolian Galatia: "For Gomer founded those whom the Greeks now call Galatians, but were then called Gomerites." Galatia in fact takes its name from the ancient Gauls (Celts) who settled there. However, the later Christian writer Hippolytus of Rome in c. 234 assigned Gomer as the ancestor of the Cappadocians, neighbours of the Galatians. Jerome circa. 390) and Isidore of Seville circa. 600) followed Josephus' identification of Gomer with the Galatians, Gauls and Celts.  

In Islamic folklore, the Persian historian Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari circa. 915) recounts a Persian tradition that Gomer lived to the age of 1000, noting that this record equaled that of Nimrod, but was unsurpassed by anyone else mentioned in the Torah.  

And the speculation goes on and on.  We cannot know for certain which of these they founded or contributed to greatly. There is a Truth, but since it is not set forth in the Bible, we do not need to know for certainty. I could continue on Gomer and his offspring for a couple of more pages, but you understand. Gomer is said to have peopled areas from Asia minor (Turkey) to Denmark and perhaps Wales.  

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomer  

Magog       "2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him," (Ezek 38:2)  

In the Bible  

Magog is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which says to prophesy against him and his offspring. ... "Gog and Magog" over time became associated with each other as a pair. In the New Testament, this pairing is found in the Book of Revelation 20:8, in which instance they may merely be metaphors for archetypal enemies of God.  

The Bible mentions Magog in a way that one will not want to be with them in the last days.  

14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when My people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?  15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:  16 And thou shalt come up against My people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the heathen may know Me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.  Ezekiel 38:14-16  

Ancient and medieval views  

Josephus refers to Magog son of Japheth as progenitor of ... peoples north of the Black Sea. ... According to Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (19th century) Magog refers to the Mongols. He cites an Arab writer who refers to the Great Wall of China with the name 'Magog'.  

Javan  

Long associated with Greece and the Greeks  

Tubal  

Associated with both a region in Asia Minor (Turkey) and some Greek lands  

Meshech  

Meshech is mentioned along with Tubal (and Rosh, in certain translations) as principalities of "Gog, prince of Magog" in Ezekiel 38:2 and 39:1, and is considered a Japhetite tribe, identified by Flavius Josephus with the Cappadocian "Mosocheni".  Also it sounds like and some believe it is to be associated with Moscow in Russia  

Tiras  

A sea people who at one time were the terror of the Mediterranean Sea.  

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.  7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.  

Controversy  

Now, as you can imagine, I could be on page 30 if we took time to research and set forth each name, some would be repetition, but we find that these names are primarily here to acquaint us with the nations of the Earth.  We can see clearly that all the nations come from Noah and his sons.  

Verse 5 clearly sums it up by saying these were the names and founders of the Gentile lands. They were not Jewish or Hebrew (well?) but they were the ones who established all the Gentile nations.  This cluster of verses ends with the understanding of the division of mankind by their various tongues. So, we apparently are to view Chapters 10 and 11 as one unit, as the Tower of Babel is in Chapter 11. By the confusion of tongues the families separated into their own nation groups.  

The Family of the Sons of Noah: Moses begins the discussion of the families with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because his family lay remotest from Israel and had least concern with them at the time when Moses wrote. There seems to be little question that almost all scholars believe that Moses compiled the first five books, including Genesis. Some believe he was copying others who had written, but the majority seem to believe that God was able to supernaturally equip Moses and speak to him. Moses, being obedient, wrote what God the Holy Spirit dictated. But do not join that controversy, just continue to believe the Bible is the Word of God and we must trust and obey.  

We are told the names of the offspring of Noah and his sons who were to repair and rebuild the world of mankind which the flood had ruined. God had started a new beginning.  

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for His law.  5 Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:  6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;  7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.  8 I Am the LORD: that is My Name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images. - Isaiah 42:4-8  

NEXT WEEK WE LEARN ABOUT A MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE: NIMROD.  Is he the one that launched the tower of Babel?  Did they all believe they had figured a way to thwart God from flooding the Earth again? Can man ever outsmart God? NO! But we will try. What do you mean Brother Hughes? Well we sin regularly. WE do not obey God. We live too worldly.  We take God for granted. (Ouch!)  

CLOSING ASIDE: Some sins are, we believe okay. Gossip, if you are careful to slander the other person in the form of a prayer request. Pray for so and so, because now you spill out the sordid details. They are having a problem in their marriage is enough, BUT NO. You slander them by telling the details that were most likely given to you in gossip. But you justify it because it is a prayer request.   

Male Teachers? Men fail and refuse to take their responsibility of being teachers and abandon that most important task to the women. Who is at fault? Mostly the men. We are like our fore father Adam we are not deceived. We know the Bible is clear that women are not to teach. But we allow and encourage it. When men avoid the calling of God (as they should be the only teachers), they (we) sin against God and our wives. God created men for certain tasks and women are totally different. The role of a wife is to be a help meet for you (man) in your ministry. What is your ministry? Do you have one?  Should you have one?  

Prayer: Father in Heaven. We admit that we do not love You enough as we do not keep Your commandments. You have clearly said in the Bible if you love Me, keep My commandments. The world in the day of Noah was given to sin and violence to the point that it grieved You, Lord that You had created man.  How far are we in this present generation of violence and sin from Your wrath? Lord please show us. And help us, each as an individual, to be better equipped to keep Your commandments, those found in Your Holy Bible. But You Lord, always willing to have mercy, had a better plan.  You saved Noah and his sons and wives.  You saved pairs of all the creatures in whom was the breath of life. You saved them to begin again.  You knew that we would again sin.  You allowed Your Son to come to Earth, take on the form of a man, live a sinless life and then offer Himself as the Lamb, the Sacrifice, the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world. Now Lord we come to You asking You to show us and encourage us and make us more willing to do Thy will than we ever have in the past. HELP US, we pray. Then all of those who wanted that prayer answered in their life said, Amen and Amen.  

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6th Portion: Bereshit (Genesis 9:18 - 10:32)

18And the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham he was the father of Canaan.

19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the entire earth spread out.

20And Noah began to be a master of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

21And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and he uncovered himself within his tent.

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside.

23And Shem and Japheth took the garment, and they placed [it] on both of their shoulders, and they walked backwards, and they covered their father's nakedness, and their faces were turned backwards, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and he knew what his small son had done to him.

25And he said, "Cursed be Canaan; he shall be a slave among slaves to his brethren."

26And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be a slave to them.

27May God expand Japheth, and may He dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be a slave to them."

28And Noah lived after the Flood, three hundred and fifty years.

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

Chapter 10

1And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and sons were born to them after the Flood.

2The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal, and Meshech and Tiras.

3And the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

4And the sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5From these, the islands of the nations separated in their lands, each one to his language, according to their families, in their nations.

6And the sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

7And the sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raamah and Sabtecha, and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty man in the land.

9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord."

10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11From that land emerged Asshur, and he built Nineveh and Rehoboth ir and Calah.

12And Resen, between Nineveh and between Calah; that is the great city.

13And Mizraim begot the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim,

14And the Pathrusim and the Casluhim, from whom the Philistines emerged, and the Caphtorim.

15And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn and Heth.

16And the Jebusites and the Amorites and the Girgashites.

17And the Hivvites and the Arkites and the Sinites.

18And the Arvadites and the Zemarites and the Hamathites, and afterwards the families of the Canaanites were scattered.

19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you come to Gerar, until Gaza, as you come to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, until Lesha.

20These are the sons of Ham according to their families, and their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

21And to Shem were also born [children; he was] the father of all the people of the other side [of the river], the brother of Japheth the elder.

22The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

23And the sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

24And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

25And to Eber were born two sons: one was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.

26And Joktan begot Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah.

27And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah.

28And Obal and Abimael and Sheba.

29And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

30And their settlement was from Mesha, as you come to Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.

32These are the families of the sons of Noah according to their generations, in their nations, and from these, the nations were separated on the earth after the Flood.

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January 6: Genesis 11–12; Matthew 4:12–25; Psalm 6; Proverbs 3:1–4

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January 6: Genesis 11–12; Matthew 4:12–25; Psalm 6; Proverbs 3:1–4

Old Testament:

Genesis 11–12

Genesis 11–12 (Listen)

The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the LORD dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confusedBabel sounds like the Hebrew for confused‘>1 the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Shem’s Descendants

10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. 15 And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. 17 And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. 19 And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. 21 And Reu lived after he fathered Serug 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. 23 And Serug lived after he fathered Nahor 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. 25 And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Terah’s Descendants

27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.

The Call of Abram

12 Now the LORD saidOr had said‘>2 to Abram, “Go from your countryOr land‘>3 and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves‘>4

4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oakOr terebinth‘>5 of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

17 But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.

Footnotes

[1] 11:9 Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused [2] 12:1 Or had said [3] 12:1 Or land [4] 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves [5] 12:6 Or terebinth

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New Testament:

Matthew 4:12–25

Matthew 4:12–25 (Listen)

Jesus Begins His Ministry

12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

15   “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,     the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 16   the people dwelling in darkness     have seen a great light,   and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,     on them a light has dawned.”

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”Or the kingdom of heaven has come near‘>1

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women‘>2 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds

23 And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Footnotes

[1] 4:17 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near [2] 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

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Psalm:

Psalm 6

Psalm 6 (Listen)

O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.Probably a musical or liturgical term‘>1 A Psalm of David.

6   O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,     nor discipline me in your wrath. 2   Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;     heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. 3   My soul also is greatly troubled.     But you, O LORD—how long? 4   Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;     save me for the sake of your steadfast love. 5   For in death there is no remembrance of you;     in Sheol who will give you praise? 6   I am weary with my moaning;     every night I flood my bed with tears;     I drench my couch with my weeping. 7   My eye wastes away because of grief;     it grows weak because of all my foes. 8   Depart from me, all you workers of evil,     for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. 9   The LORD has heard my plea;     the LORD accepts my prayer. 10   All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;     they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

Footnotes

[1] 6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

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Proverb:

Proverbs 3:1–4

Proverbs 3:1–4 (Listen)

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

3   My son, do not forget my teaching,     but let your heart keep my commandments, 2   for length of days and years of life     and peace they will add to you. 3   Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;     bind them around your neck;     write them on the tablet of your heart. 4   So you will find favor and good successOr repute‘>1     in the sight of God and man.

Footnotes

[1] 3:4 Or repute

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The Generations of the Sons of Noah

1 These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

2 Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 The coastland peoples spread out into their lands. These are Japheth’s sons by their clans, in their nations. Each group had its own language.

6 Ham’s sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful man on earth. 9 He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.” 10 His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

13 Mizraim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, then Heth, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the Canaanite clans scattered. 19 The Canaanite border went from Sidon going toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

20 These are Ham’s sons, by their clans, according to their languages, in their own lands and their nations.

21 And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber. 22 Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 Aram’s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 25 Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan. 26 And Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons. 30 Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.

31 These are Shem’s sons by their clans, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their family records, in their nations. The nations on earth spread out from these after the flood. — Genesis 10 | Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 5:32; Genesis 9:27; Genesis 11:1-2; Genesis 11:12; Genesis 15:19; Genesis 23:3; Genesis 25:27; Numbers 24:22; Numbers 24:24; Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 19:35; 1 Kings 10:1; 1 Chronicles 1:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8; 1 Chronicles 1:11; 1 Chronicles 1:15; 1 Chronicles 1:17; 1 Chronicles 1:19-20; 1 Chronicles 1:21; 1 Chronicles 1:23; Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 37:37; Ezekiel 26:15; Luke 3:35-36; Acts 8:26

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The Fine Line From Cursing to Blessing

The Fine Line From Cursing to Blessing

10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. 12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he…

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Bereishit/Genesis, Chapter 10

929 chapter link:

https://www.929.org.il/page/10

1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: 'Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.' 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah--the same is the great city. 13 And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim--whence went forth the Philistines--and Caphtorim. {S} 15 And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. {S} 21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; 27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; 28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba; 29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. {P}

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My assertion that  Arpachshad is to be identified as Hud

arfa-Hud Arfa is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means high-status, best, sublime.  Also mean Great. Arfa-HUD = great or best, sublime Hud

Genesis 11 Narrative

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: 13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

Arpachshad's son is called Shelah, except in the Septuagint, where his son is Cainan (קינן‬), Shelah being Arpachshad's grandson. Cainan is also identified as Arpachshad's son in Luke 3:36 and Jubilees 8:1. The Book of Jubilees additionally identifies Arpachshad's wife as Rasu'aya, the daughter of Susan, who was the son (or daughter in some versions) of Shem's older son Elam. (Arpachshad's mother is named in this source as Sedeqetelebab; for competing traditions on the name of Shem's wife see wives aboard the Ark.)

source: https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Arpachshad_ben_Shem