The Semites
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was [i] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech. [j]
24 Arphaxad was the father of [k] Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.
25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, [l] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan. 26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country. 31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. 32 These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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Though this chapter seems a little dull with all these strange names, we should remember that all these mentioned people were starting points from where the nations spread out over the earth after the flood. Everything started out with Noah and his three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth. Because of the Ham's unwise action before his father's nakedness, he (the father of Canaan)and descends became slaves to his brothers etc. It's quite interesting how the history of Israel, its people and the expansion into other territories just developed gradually.
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