Genesis 10: The Table of Nations

What is the point of including the table of nations in Genesis? Is there anything in this chapter we really need to know about?
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Hess, Richard S. “The Genealogies of Genesis 1-11 and Comparative Literature.”
Mathews, K. A. "Genesis 1-11:26"
Walton, J. H. "NIV Application Commentary"
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Wiseman, D. J. “Genesis 10: Some Archaeological Considerations.” “I Studied Inscriptions from Before the Flood:
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[@TheCarpentersDesk]

This entire series on Genesis 1-11 that you are doing is such a blessing and a valuable resource for Christians everywhere. Thank you!

[@ManlyServant]

What??,Modern Science Says That Modern Human Come From Africa,Meanwhile Bible Clearly Says In Genesis 8:4 That Modern Human Come from Ararat Because Thats The Place Where Noah's Ark Rested And Then The New Generations Start,You Are Good At Debunking Atheist,But When You Try To Fit Darwin's Evolution Theory To The Bible,Its Only A Non-Biblical Movement With Holes In The First Of Theory,Same To Modern Science Says That Big Bang Caused Universe To Be Created From NOTHING,They Believe That Sun Created First Before Earth,Meanwhile The Bible Clearly Says That GOD Created The Heaven And Earth,And Then Sun

[@monarchblue4280]

@@ManlyServant But... Homo Sapiens did come from Africa. Humanity post- imago dei came from ararat.

[@ea-tr1jh]

@@ManlyServant Dude, the Big Bang theory doesnt state the universe came from nothing. The Big Bang model states that space-time expanded from a singularity.

[@ea-tr1jh]

@@ManlyServant And stop copying and pasting your comment everywhere.

[@christianpathfinder6864]

@@ManlyServant the bible clear states that man came from Africa look a fe chapters earlier there was a second reset which is what you're talking about adam and noah were close in generations than noah and us.

[@patrickreagan6443]

The living Word of God. It changes us!

[@josephgallardo1450]

Interesting fact: when the settlers migrated across the plains in North America, they encountered many native tribes. Problem was that the settlers didn't know how to speak their language, and to them they all appeared the same when in fact there were hundreds of distinct tribes with their own language system and cultures. As a result of naming confusion the settlers, without caring to document for accuracy, started generalizing the tribes based on territory and the closeness of the sound of the tribes names to one another. An example of this is the state name Kansas. Ethnographers called the eponymous Indians the Kansa, and the native people called themselves the Kaw. The city known as Kansas City was taken from Kansas Valley which was originally Kaw Valley. Some settlers even called it Can City and even named a tribe of Indians there Can. Along with Canips, Ka-Anjou, Kamse, Konzo, Quans. The settlers also confused Kansa with Acances, Arkansaw, Excanjaque, Okanis, and Ukasa tribes. The real problem was mapping. Because whenever they encountered another dozen versions of tribe names they would have to change more things than just maps and phone directories never can an image of Karsa be the same as that of Kathagi or even Kunza tribes. From what I read there are 140 ways to spell Kansas, and if you include the confused Ac-, Es-, Ex-, Ok-, Uk- forms at times applied to the tribe, I've found 171 variations that employ every letter of the alphabet except b, f, and v. Kansa and its forms have been translated as wind, windy, wind people, south wind people, those-who-come-like-wind-across-the-prairie, swift, swift wind, swift river, swift water, smoky water, fire people, plum people, disturbers, troublemakers, filthy, and cowards. Dispense with the freak translations like the last four, and you have a people defined by three of the four ancient elements. Six full-blood Kansa, all men and all but one over sixty-five, are still alive but none of them can speak more than a few words of the old language; they use almost exclusively the word Kaw for their tribe even though they know their parents called themselves Kon-say; the n comes out almost as a w and the second syllable nearly disappears, so that you can imagine an illiterate French trapper believing he heard "Kaw." The six surviving natives accept "People of the South Wind" or "Wind People" as the meaning of the name, even though the Osage and several other now separate tribes belonged to a bigger Siouan group living in the upper Ohio River Valley. Here are the 140 variations of the name for the Wind People as homage to their richness: Cah, Can, Cancas, Cance, Canceas, Cances, Canceys, Cancez, Canceze, Cancezs, Canchaz, Canchez, Canci, Cancis, Canes, Canips, Cannecis, Cannes, Cans, Cansa, Cansan, Cansas, Canse, Canses, Cansez, Canssa, Canza, Canzan, Canzas, Canze, Canzee, Canzes, Canzez, Canzon, Caso, Cau, Caugh, Causa, Cauzes, Caw, Caws, Chanchez, Chanzes, Chonsa, Consa, Consez, Conzas, Ecanze, Guaes, Guas, Ka, Kaal, Ka-Anjou, Ka-Anzou, Kah, Kahsah, Kamissi, Kamse, Kan, Kançake, Kanças, Kance, Kances, Kancez, Kanees, Kanisse, Kanissi, Kans, Kansa, Kansae, Kansais, Kansars, Kansas, Kansaws, Kanse, Kansea, Kansees, Kanseis, Kansers, Kanses, Kansez, Kansias, Kansies, Kansis, Kanson, Kansus, Kantha, Kants, Kanza, Kanzan, Kanzans, Kanzas, Kanze, Kanzeis, Kanzes, Kanzez, Kanzis, Kanzon, Kanzus, Kaos, Karsa, Karsea, Kas, Kasas, Kase, Kathagi, Kau, Kaus, Kausa, Kausau, Kausaus, Kauzau, Kauzaus, Kaw, Kaws, Kawsa, Kawse, Kawsies, Kawza, Kay, Kemissi, Kensier, Kenzai, Konaz, Konsa, Konsans, Konsee, Konsees, Konses, Konsez, Konthe, Konza, Konzas, Konzo, Kunza, Quans, Quaus, Quonzai. Seeing these factors play a huge role in recorded history and lost history. From this alone I can understand how the ancient Hebrew may have encompassed many tribes to a certain name, all in order to document names and locations plainly. If they were to discuss a certain tribe name, they will probably know the other associated tribes to that name without disclosing it. It may be common knowledge to them, it may not.

[@Dennis1]

You are such an important voice here on KZbin. Thank you!

[@ManlyServant]

What??,Modern Science Says That Modern Human Come From Africa,Meanwhile Bible Clearly Says In Genesis 8:4 That Modern Human Come from Ararat Because Thats The Place Where Noah's Ark Rested And Then The New Generations Start,You Are Good At Debunking Atheist,But When You Try To Fit Darwin's Evolution Theory To The Bible,Its Only A Non-Biblical Movement With Holes In The First Of Theory,Same To Modern Science Says That Big Bang Caused Universe To Be Created From NOTHING,They Believe That Sun Created First Before Earth,Meanwhile The Bible Clearly Says That GOD Created The Heaven And Earth,And Then Sun

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@HarujiSubayama]

This series has been flat-out incredible! I've always loved Genesis 1-11 deeply, but you have shown me so much in the text that I never even realized was there. And that has made me love it even more.

[@MatthewChenault]

You also have to remember that “philistine” is derived from the Hebrew word “peleset,” which also meant “invader.” It doesn’t mean a specific people until the later sections of the Old Testament like Jeremiah. So, it might not refer specifically to a singular group of people, but a general group of people known to the Hebrews for coming to their lands and assaulting them. This, of course, fits in well with the Greeks like the Minoans and Mycenaeans.

[@eb.e.1649]

Your series on genesis is very enlightening and revealing. God bless you for your work

[@Obliviousss_]

Great video! Without your videos I would’ve given up my faith already. Keep doing what your doing! 👍👍👍

[@monarchblue4280]

Your pfp inspired me.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@derekcarver7489]

The messiah is allover the old testament and at very important times aswell. For example Exodus 17.10+. Remember people moses took the STAFF of God. We know his arm got tired. 1, why not change hands 2, why not use the rock as a prop 3, why didn't Aron and Hur take turns in holding up his arm up. There was a number of ways of holding up the staff. It ended with moses appearing as a human crucifix in faith. If I'm not wrong it's the first time in the old testament God actually commands for the event to be scriptured. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jimspace3000]

Interesting comments on Peleg. Not to be overlooked is that his name appears in the middle of the Genesis 11 genealogy, as the fifth name: 1 Shem 2 Arpachshad 3 Shelah 4 Eber 5 Peleg 6 Reu 7 Serug 8 Nahor 9 Terah 10 Abraham

[@cuatrocinco2186]

I was confused there too. His table shows Edom and others as Peleg's sons. They were not Peleg's sons. His sons were what you listed.

[@user-jx7fs5ph2g]

I don't watched the video, but i already hitted the like button!

[@b.goodfellow465]

It’s amazing that it is so early and everywhere in the scriptures that God always was going to graft gentiles into the Olive tree of Israel.

[@thiagoulart]

How can anyone find this boring? The history of your life, where did you and everyone before come from; it's fascinating!

[@mikeburke1348]

Finally, a decent video on the subject. Well done, sir.

[@DanielApologetics]

Just waiting for March 2021..!

[@ChecedDomingcil]

Simon Armoush ; ip's exodus video :D

[@ManlyServant]

What??,Modern Science Says That Modern Human Come From Africa,Meanwhile Bible Clearly Says In Genesis 8:4 That Modern Human Come from Ararat Because Thats The Place Where Noah's Ark Rested And Then The New Generations Start,You Are Good At Debunking Atheist,But When You Try To Fit Darwin's Evolution Theory To The Bible,Its Only A Non-Biblical Movement With Holes In The First Of Theory,Same To Modern Science Says That Big Bang Caused Universe To Be Created From NOTHING,They Believe That Sun Created First Before Earth,Meanwhile The Bible Clearly Says That GOD Created The Heaven And Earth,And Then Sun

[@bijoythewimp2854]

Hippity hoppity March 2021 is my property

[@bijoythewimp2854]

@@ManlyServant you should probably watch the entire Genesis sereies on IP's channel

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@crafterman2345]

I've been waiting for this for so long!!!

[@lukasbeier8338]

Just started my own in depth study of Genesis

[@strangerinwhite]

I always find the genealogies and the table of nations in the bible, very fascinating.

[@scripturallyspeaking7110]

Always learning something and NEVER disappointed with your channel!!

[@Buddah001]

I've read papers published about Linguistics and Genetics corresponding to the Table of Nations. Very interesting. And pointing to to the truth of Gen 10.

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

*PREDICTION* next in line 1)Supposed Biblical error13 2) Irreducible mind part 5 3)Genesis 11 4)Supposed biblical error14 5) Who is Nimrod? (last one is doubtful)

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

The last one just got announced (and released on Patreon)

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

@@josephbrandenburg4373 can you download and send here (if possible)

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

@@nireekshanaanand3464 No, I'm not a patreon subber. We're just gonna have to wait.

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

@@josephbrandenburg4373 then how you know it'd released

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

@@josephbrandenburg4373 and what do you think will come after the Genesis 1 - 11 series huh Abraham?

[@stephendianda1543]

Whenever I see a new video from IP I hit like and comment before I watch. Keep up the good work brother.

[@ChecedDomingcil]

another phenomenal video! so excited for the exodus video next year!

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@CedanyTheAlaskan]

Oh he's doing Exodus?? I've been struggling with Exodus lately. This is fantastic!

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

@@CedanyTheAlaskan hi read reliability of the Old Testament by Kenneth Kitchen, Israelite religion by Richard Hess, and check out the podcast by cross examined on exodus and more are there

[@DavidWilberBlog]

Fantastic explanation, IP. Great job!

[@eLLBdotmusic]

Just when I thought my toes were hitting the bottom of the ocean, I must suit up and go deeper! Thanks for all sharing.

[@MarkJonesisjustaman]

We'll, then. I was drawn to Gen 11 this morning. Looking forward to your next video.

[@NIMRODWARDA]

Your take on Nimrod potentially not being a literally son of Cush is interesting. As an Assyrian named Nimrod, I always thought the context of the "Nimrod passages" in Genesis 10 was a bit odd and out of place. Also, adding him would throw the numbering off to 71 instead of 70.

[@VancouverInvestor]

Assyrians come from Asshur i think.

[@NIMRODWARDA]

Yes. Ashur is the father of the Assyrians, but Nimrod seemingly helped build up most of the early cities in Beth Nahrain (Mesopotamia), which includes Assyria. Genesis 10:8-12 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, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and 12 Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

[@dgmr22]

I'm so glad I found your channel. I watched the debate between yourself and Matt Dillahunty on MDD and very much enjoyed the points you made. So I thought I would come and subscribe. Do you have any more debates planned?

[@hunterklise9337]

It’s all building up to exodus!!!

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

Yep!

[@carsonwall2400]

@@InspiringPhilosophy That will be a great successor to Michael Heiser's epic Exodus series!

[@sathviksidd]

Woahh I never thought IP would get into OT law Interesting

[@davidgumazon]

@@InspiringPhilosophy Do you thoughts on *_The God Culture_* channel?

[@stevenrivard9246]

@@InspiringPhilosophy Hey IP, Will you ever do a video specifically dedicated to going over your take on basic time ranges of when all the major events in the bible took place? A rough timeline to help laymen track the chronological order of biblical events? Examples: - evolution - adam and eve lived around _____ .... - flood happened around _____ - tower of Babel around ______ - the exodus happened around ______ - this prophet roughly lived from ____ to ____ - this prophet probably lived from ____ to ____ and talks about these events.

[@matthewschardtii1338]

Where do you get the music for your videos like this one? I love the background music I know some of your videos use Kevin MacLeod's music, but this one I have no idea where the songs originate.

[@zahmingafanai]

"...so the aim..." throws me away!

[@youngdo1109]

Thank you for the documentary! Now I know which Noah 's son i decended from! Very informative! Please continue

[@vegetasapologetics3214]

Did anybody see the ad to Hillsdale on philosophy? Pretty cool stuff

[@PigglePigSwillbucket]

Me too! plus I've borrowed many VHS tapes from their library over the years

[@vegetasapologetics3214]

@@PigglePigSwillbucket Are they still available to get...dvds?/

[@d-vision2426]

The division of the earth could be referring to an even that divided the continents.

[@nireekshanaanand3464]

Yep

[@sonderz4021]

u seem to ignore Gen 10;5, 10:18, 10:20, 10:31 and 1 Cro. 1:19. people got devided by their language, not the physical dividing of the earth. that happened during the flood. this is known as pangea in science, and we can see alot of geological evidence for that. if the continents got divides during the days of peleg, then there would be enormous and disasterous tsumani's going all over the world.

[@cuatrocinco2186]

Not many consider Jubilees canon. But it explains there were two divisions. First Noah's 3 sons. Then their sons subdivided it in the time Of Peleg and Joktan. Peleg had Reu, this line went to Eber.

[@d-vision2426]

@@sonderz4021 Could be. Or even major earthquakes.

[@sonderz4021]

@@d-vision2426 during the babel migrations there were major earthquakes indeed, as a cooldown of the plate tectonics from the flood that devided the continents

[@evallisalyngdoh8713]

@Inspiringphilosophy. Whoo! you made it till ten Man Damn!!!. I love your Videos and I love that you Have Awesome Topics In your Ministry dude. 😂😎. Do you think that Animals in Heaven will die? And do you think that there was animal dead in Eden? I highly support you man, you made me a Christian again 😎😂

[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

biologos.org/common-questions/did-death-occur-before-the-fall/ is an interesting page I happen to have on my clipboard already so when I read your comment I thought I'd share. God bless brother.

[@Mellownius]

Tyre was Atlantis 🤭

[@colmwhateveryoulike3240]

@@Mellownius Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician.

[@Mellownius]

Colm Whateveryoulike gotta be , description is so perfect ... Well it sounds good anyway

[@ronkebarber6238]

Genesis 10:25, could be a dramatic broken up of the world into different continents with a very loud bang and the people tried to gather together and build a city so they don't get dispersed throughout the broken up world, so they decided to build the tower of babel.

[@binjinforever198]

Oh my LORD these generations of names and sons are getting to hard to remember 😭 I just started reading the Bible and I’m on Genesis 10 but I just can’t seem to remember the names which made me not understand the story continuing 😕

[@denisecoleman5090]

To me everything is twisted only thing I know is their is a creator , and Savior and we all die and going to have to give a account .

[@mwendiadennis6638]

The Bible is true

[@scentsyoureasking5506]

Dr. Michael Heiser and the unseen realm will get you deeper into this and explain in much more detail about God and the dispatching on the nations for anyone who’s interested. It will also shake up your whole view and have you rereading your Bible again for the first time as you learn about the divine Counsil of Yahweh and the Deuteronomy 32 worldview, which makes a lot of the teachings of Paul make more sense as well. Happy learning!

[@Siska0Robert]

I really like how they tried to explain origin of all different nations. But it's sad that this genealogy was used to justify racism for hundreds of years and probably even directly inspires peoples' unscientific concept of "race" to this day. The Curse of Ham also further fuels the twisted ideas of many (it was common defense of slavery by plantation owners in USA, for example)

[@joepublic5469]

Interesting how so many who know nothing of scripture or spiritual things think they know enough to be a atheist. Lol

[@electricboogie709]

Oh thank you!

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

It's also important to note that it's not necessary to believe all humans literally purely descend from Noah but come from other people groups who descend from unrecorded genealogies or at other times the descendants of Noah mixing with unrelated unrecorded lines. To draw attention how the diversity of nations were not descendants of Abraham but that the Moabites and Ammonites have been called sons of Abraham symbolically not biologically. And so many diverse nations may not actually descend from X Y Z progenitor, but get lumbed under the label as a vague distance umbrella term. A catch all term for the literal descended tribe but also neighboring races they are not related too nor have significance. Such as this, it's highly improbable that Scandinavians, Britons, Koreans, Khoisan or Cherokee have direct or pure descent to Noah. But might descend from other mix lineages, or even have no and zero absent ancestry from Noah all-together. Or even not related to Noah through a cousin or a line of Adam. So some might not even descend from if any of Noah's family let alone Noah if they're not related to Adam. If at least not purely. Such examples would be the Andamanese who's been there for 200.000 years if not longer that they can't possibly descend from Adam. But who might be symbolically called descendants of Ham or Shem depending on how the Hebrews cared to signify it. As non black people can be hamitic but black people statistically might be more likely called as such despite coloration and lines of descent bot being exclusive. Or that likely Andaman might be called Shem. As features are a note of climate not ancestry. Except as merely a likelihood. Not all brown or white or black people literally descend from Shem, Japheth and Ham. But a lot of statistically are more likely. But not exclusively to themselves nor in exclusion of others. I'm saying the table of nations and tower of babel refers to local descent not exclusively global or humans in general. But a separate specification that's not inclusive to the given of all humanity. I note the Afro-Asiatic genepool that closely follows Afro-Asiatic languages and Anatolian Neolithic dna in southern Europeans. But never the world. Which if true following agricultural genetic patterns shows the noahic line mixing with other lines. And only follows the agricultural revolution and dispersal of Afro-Asiatic nations who mixed with other nations. Such as extinct branch of Afro-Asiatic in Cordium culture southern Europeans mixed with Indo-Europeans. Or still existing Semites, Amazigh, Egyptians, Cushites, Chadians, and hausa and other Afro-Asiatic groups who's phenotypes don't match lines of Noah descent but do match climate and mix descent not pure descent. Which makes ludicrous the claims of humanity being universally Noahic in descent. If following Afro-Asiatic genetics is the correct thesis. Which makes sense if the garden of eden is agricultural refers to middle-east inventors of agriculture while non Afro-Asiatic humans were stone age hunter gatherer nomads not metal age urbanite farmers.

[@redwatkins85]

I wonder why it says in this chapter that each nation had their own distinct language? When you go to the next chapter, it says the people are all of the same language across the world.

[@rocketman2628]

Did all of the Table of Nations(and beyond) get their languages and possibly their gods from the Tower of Babel? Also this is a bit off topic but I just saw a video by Arvin Ash(A great channel btw) where he debunks the fine tuned universe argument. There is also another video where he disagrees with the claim that the mind creates reality. Does that affect your older videos?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

No and no

[@rocketman2628]

@@InspiringPhilosophy Thanks Mike. For the second question, the two videos are called _Is God in Physics? Fine Tuning Scrutinized_ and _Does Consciousness Create Reality? Double Slit Experiment may show the Answer._ in case you were wondering.

[@woundedfox5109]

To answer your first question...when they were dispersed they took with them the worship of Nimrod as well as the worship of the fallen. All religions have ties to nimrod,giants,and the gods ....

[@blackdog75]

would this mean that israel wasn’t in babylon a literal 70 years?

[@themodelmechanic3837]

My 10 cents. I believe the verse which speaks of the “earth was divided” pertains to the literal earth or land and not people. Continental drift. We know the land and sea was gathered into one place in the beginning. Look at the Hebrew word used for earth. Just my thoughts. Good video btw. God Bless.

[@sonderz4021]

u seem to ignore Gen 10;5, 10:18, 10:20, 10:31 and 1 Cro. 1:19. people got devided by their language, not the physical dividing of the earth. that happened during the flood. this is known as pangea in science, and we can see alot of geological evidence for that. if the continents got divides during the days of peleg, then there would be enormous and disasterous tsumani's going all over the world.

[@TheUnculturedIgbo]

It biblically means it was during Pelegs lifetime the sons of Noah were given their lands on the earth.

[@nuciferance]

Continental drift will explain why we find certain animals in certain continents only. That Verse was most likely about continental drift

[@carolynbillington9018]

good depth of study

[@davelikesbacon]

Great job as usual IP.

[@freeinhabitant76]

1 Tim 1:4; "Neither that they give hede to fables and genealogies..."

[@legonintedobros]

I always thought that the verse in 6:43 referred to the continental drift

[@Tommy66286]

WOW!

[@georgemay8170]

Moses recorded the "specifics" of our origins according to God's dictates. Reading what is written is what God wants us to know and believe. To speculate on the "nuances" brings doubt to our minds and tempts us to not believe that the word "son" actually implies a biological connection. Too, for example, the phrase "forty days and forty nights" is not merely an expression for "theological purposes." Because Moses wrote historical narrative, this is to be taken literally.

[@martinecheverria5968]

Great video IP! What is the music? I love it!

[@nashvillain171]

1:27 Genesis 11 has the genealogy from Shem to Abram

[@rolandgerard6064]

Everything in the Tenach leads to Messiah and therefore blood lines are important. This should have been your starting point. I am afraid you went astray on many points here.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@angelbarajas9180]

What’s your thoughts on Progressive Christianity?

[@serhiisietrin9314]

It's just Christian-like atheism

[@flamingswordapologetics]

Good overview, Genesis 11 ought to be good!

[@pisceanqueen1]

The playlist 1-11 only goes up through Genesis 10 though; where's chapter 11? You got me all intrigued to hear about the building that ended in disaster

[@codymason9812]

I lean to think that Peleg was speaking of Pangea dividing out separating the continents as well as people groups

[@sonderz4021]

u seem to ignore Gen 10;5, 10:18, 10:20, 10:31 and 1 Cro. 1:19. people got devided by their language, not the physical dividing of the earth. that happened during the flood. this is known as pangea in science, and we can see alot of geological evidence for that. if the continents got divides during the days of peleg, then there would be enormous and disasterous tsumani's going all over the world.

[@asuncioncarrizales4199]

IP, are you aware of the Book of Jubilees Chapter 9? Given cultural context of the Bible is key to understanding its meaning, and given that Jubilees dates to c. 200 BC (which means it likely much older, because of a c. 700 BC Jubilee calendar discovered identical to the calendar found in Jubilees), have you considered what ancient Jews believed about Genesis 10:25? I love your work, don’t get me wrong. However, Jubilees 9 says that in the days of Peleg (six years after the Flood) “Noah divided unto their sons in the presence of Noah their father” the lands of the Earth they would inherit (v. 14). The only ancient Jewish position on the meaning of Genesis 10:25 was the position found in Jubilees, which prophets and apostles like John the Baptist and Paul certainly read. It’s about Noah’s sons, not farmers and nomads. Even more troubling for this Genesis series (which I love) is that Jubilees clearly states the Flood was global and that the only humans alive after were Noah’s family. It says that all of humanity lived at the base of the mountain of Ararat until they moved to Shinar to construct a 3.4 mile long (5433 cubits) Tower to reach Heaven. God knocks the Tower down, confuses all the languages, then reveals Hebrew to Abraham (telling him it is the language of creation, Enoch invented writing with it, animals could speak it with humans before the Fall). So the Babel incident comes after the division, not before. That’s why it’s placed after. Again, given that cultural context is everything here, how are the claims of this video congruent with ancient Jewish belief? For example: If Moses or Paul were here today and we asked them if the human race descends from one man or many groups of lower hominids, what would they say? Be honest with yourself. Would they really say, “The Lord didn’t actually make them ‘male and female’ at the beginning. He made them long after the beginning, not as men, but as beasts destined to be men.” Is that really what they would say? Or would Paul say something like Acts 17:26, “From one ancestor He made all nations to inhabit the whole earth.” Stuff like Adam being the first man, a worldwide Flood, the division of Peleg being about Noah’s sons, etc. don’t appear to be mere theological positions but believed as literal history by the culture that recorded these stories. Even if Jubilees isn’t Scripture, it still shines an important light on what ancient Jews believed about Genesis. I trust their views more than a modern scholar, given they’re lightyears closer to the source. I don’t know if you’ve read this comment or will, but if you have thank you. It would be amazing for you to cover / clarity this matter, given it’s importance. God bless🙏

[@supersmart671]

Is the Nation a people group or nation states with borders...

[@keziahisrael468]

2 Esdras 6:54-56 54. And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest lord of all thy creatures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen. 55. All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes. 56. As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.

[@LennyCash777]

"What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? thou, Juda, wouldest not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes." - 2 Esdras 1:24 From your same noncanonical, extrabiblical book.

[@musaelabbasi2073]

Every once in awhile I see one of your videos pop up and I really really really love how you constantly and relentlessly teach that God's word does not actually say what it says, that it actually says something else. Did God really say...? Lol of course not! Who needs theology and sound doctrine when you have... Inspiring philosophy! really, God's word is just a useful, malleable tool, originally designed to support human philosophical nuance and teaching! Really great stuff. Really really great.

[@Sojourner24_7]

I thought the days of Peleg referred to the continental drift, perhaps through seismic activity. Ever notice how the continents look like puzzle pieces that would fit together?

[@sonderz4021]

u seem to ignore Gen 10;5, 10:18, 10:20, 10:31 and 1 Cro. 1:19. people got devided by their language, not the physical dividing of the earth. that happened during the flood. this is known as pangea in science, and we can see alot of geological evidence for that. if the continents got divides during the days of peleg, then there would be enormous and disasterous tsumani's going all over the world.

[@sophiawilson8696]

@@sonderz4021 When Pangea was form? Long before mankind knew a written language. Or even a language. The bible is only 6000 years old and they never talk about the people who live on South America Inez.

[@sonderz4021]

@@sophiawilson8696 mankind didnt even live on earth during pangea. You dont need to be evolutionist to know people migrated to america via the beringstreet. the only difference is the timemodel that science is giving. according to the bible it happened after the tower of babel, during the days of peleg. from eridu the people spread out on earth. it also one of the reason the aztecs saw the white europeans as gods, because their ancestors were white from origin aswell.

[@l.j.g.tolentino9534]

The "earth was divided" at the time of Peleg could be the disappearance of land bridges that connected the continents around 13,000 yrs ago..

[@sonderz4021]

@@l.j.g.tolentino9534 so u are trying to fit the evolutionairy timescale in the biblical perspective? Pathethic

[@VaxtorT]

Personally, it appears to me that the table of nations was given as a response to the Confusion of languages at Babel.

[@josuejumalon]

I suggest you watch God Culture videos about Solomon's gold mine. It will give more light on the Joktan part, and the part where it says the world was divided in Gen. 10.

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

That is as fringe theory not supported by an ounce of real scholarship.

[@josuejumalon]

@@InspiringPhilosophy with all the documents they presented on their case, i will assure you that it is scholarly enough.

[@aniketeuler6443]

Does someone know the background music?

[@leepretorius4869]

Is the text being used here Masoretic or LXX?

[@l.j.g.tolentino9534]

The earth was divided at time of Peleg could be the disappearance of the land bridges connecting the continents 14.5k to 13k years ago.. What do u think?

[@brandonmcduffy6654]

Colossians 2:8-9. His videos are based off of philosophy, then please read the text mentioned above. This ole boy is a philosopher that speculates the speculates.

[@patrickrowan6406]

Nice to see another InspiringPhilosophy video

[@michaelicornelius]

Could you please provide a reference 'Eber the father of the Hebrews' I cannot find one anywhere. Thanks

[@bwell6555]

IP. You like to wade into the deep waters and we love it.👍🏻

[@andrewtannenbaum1]

Why the music?

[@GarySpryJr]

Wait. DOES the bible present Nimrod as "probably a later descendent"? I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily. I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

[@KelssNition]

It does not, it says Cush was his father. Gen 10:8

[@gamerjj777]

Can u do a video on torah revision or edition at the time or ezra or something.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Repent and believe the gospel! Follow Jesus’ teachings! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. RSV Only-monos God-theos Monos theos Monotheism The Father Jesus is the one sent by the true God (the Father)! Jesus never claimed to be God, Jesus said he has a God! Jesus has a God! Jesus died! God can’t die! God raised Jesus from the dead!

[@ses5736]

I think the division means views on the command of God: "Be fruitful , and multiply on the face of the Earth."

[@nickkrikorian5909]

that was elohim. god said be fruitful and multiply. this isnt the LORD GOD.

[@sterlingclifton618]

Do you guys believe that the scriptures, AT LEAST in their original form, is the inerrant word of YHVH, or are you merely doing a historical and/or linguistic analysis?

[@PaxAmericana__]

Music????

[@johnblackman6523]

YOU DIDN'T CUUUUT ME OFFF

[@brawlstarsjogadas1980]

Hello, IP. So if i understood it properly, these names fit well the bronze age. So it is not a cherry picking from the iron age, what makes it more trustable. Right? My question is: if this flood event occurred way earlier, in a time which we can not properly identify, how can we fit this bronze age genealogy to it? Are there intentional gaps as well?

[@InspiringPhilosophy]

I don’t think the authors of genesis 10 were doing a survey or people without a few generations after the flood but nations that descended later.

[@brawlstarsjogadas1980]

@@InspiringPhilosophy sorry, but the writing got a bit confusing to me. I'm not quite sure if i got it. Would it be to much to ask you to please rephrase that? Thank you so mucu

[@georgemay8170]

Noah (upnipushkin) had knowledge of both bronze and iron. From a Biblical perspective, I do not believe in the theory that says there was a "bronze age" and then an "iron age."

[@spitflamez]

According to Josephus, the Nations were named after their founders until the Greeks renamed everything. If we follow the Biblical line of reasoning, this checks out. Here is an example, Adam is the name of the 1st man and also the name of the entire human Race.

[@SAGE0FTHEEAST]

The most likely explanation is that its actually a record of migration patterns by early humans. Japheth went west, Ham south and Shem east. The table of nations is talking about a post ice age migration out of africa when modern humans spread throughout thr globe. That's why we see traces of Neanderthal dna in everyone outside of african descent and some eastern peoples still have denisovan dna as well.

[@sonofblessed]

Why are Christians obsessed with the idea that God made a covenant with them? God can love the nations of the world and deem them important without having made a covenant with them, which He didn't. The covenant He made is exclusive to Israel, which is forever charged with being a light to the nations. If God made a covenant with the nations of the world then why and how have they failed repeatedly, much worse than Israel, in idolatry of every form imaginable? Their sins make that of the nation of Israel look mild in comparison.

[@philotheoapolobrendon4207]

The new covenant is a covenant of grace. there are different types of covenants in the OT. Abraham had a one sided covenant where God made a promise to bless the nations and Abraham didn't have to do anything. In the Mosiac covenant it was two sided. If they were obedient, they were blessed and if they were disobedient, they were cursed. The world is dividing into those with Christ or against Him. His second coming will be the final judgement.

[@sonofblessed]

@@philotheoapolobrendon4207 I understand the idea of many covenants, but the covenant that God made with Abraham required obedience as well. Our sages teach that God gave Abraham ten tests of _obedience,_ the first starting with the injunction for Abraham to leave his home (Genesis 12:1), and last in the command to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22). While Abraham was _certainly_ called to faith, so I agree with you there, he was called to live a life of action as well. This implies that his potential refusal to follow God's instructions means that the covenant that God made with him was certainly not one-sided, i.e. it required (and was based on) Abraham's acquiesence. It was not a free gift. For example, this seems relatively clear in the first test, in which God says to Abraham, "And the Lord said to Abram, 'Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you. And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will aggrandize your name, and [you shall] be a blessing.'" If Abraham had not followed suite, we can imagine the opposite to have been true, i.e. if he did _not_ leave his land he would have _not_ received the blessings. My point is that it seems to me that Christians often overlook the action aspect of Abraham's life even though it's right there in the text. This is not necessarily their fault because we all do this, i.e., seeing only what we assume is actually in the text. Nevertheless, it makes a huge difference. What are your thoughts?

[@redbad2652]

I know it’s not directly related to this video, but I just rewatched your “is the New Testament reliable” , and I have a sincere question. Using the arguments and logic you employ in that series how do you dismiss the supernatural claims in Homer’s Odyssey?

[@Josdamale]

The problem with Protestants is that their Western scholarly approach is disconnected and alien to that of God's formation of his people in history (from Adam until Christ and through his Church in history until the present), but they can't see this because they assume everyone is a disconnected alien limited to the "sources" for their knowledge. That aside, it is interesting in this genealogy that descendants of Ham are sometimes Indo-Europeans, such as the Ludim and the Hittites. I think it is the patronymic connection, and not the culture or language of the people. An example of this are the Bulgarians, named after a Turkic tribe that conquered them, but they are Slavs speaking a Slavic language. The Ludim and Hittites (of Ham) are Indo-Europeans along with Gomer and Javan (of Japheth) living in Asia Minor and the Greek islands. Interestingly, the Philistines, or sea-peoples, are indicated as the descendant offshoots of the Ludim. History has recorded three names for these Philistines: Pelasgi, Pilishti, and Ludi. The first two are descriptors of what they do: they pilot and travel the open flat seas. They came from the mainland of Asia Minor as the Ludim were subjected by the Egyptian Hamites, and they formed another group that settled Greece and its islands. Pelagos in Greek means the open sea, perhaps taken from their language. In fact, the word plain and related Indo-European words, such as the Slavic pole, describe this flat sea or plain. But only one Indo-European language has -ski and -shti endings for their adjective and participles respectively, and corresponds with the name Ludi as the main body, and that would be the Slavic language group. Curious. The Hittites and Ludim (Philistines) will play a large role in Israelite history, along with Javan. Gomer and Javan are the Celts (Cymru) and Greeks respectively. The Hittites or Hatti are the Goths (Getae), and the Ludim are the Slavs. Russians and Germans! Not much has really changed in history, except that the Indo-Europeans have been replaced in Asia Minor by the Turks. And who is Magog? This means the land of Gog, a usurper king Gyges yet to be born in Asia Minor, who will seize the throne of Lydia, kill the king and marry his wife. This Antichrist is a kind of a usurper to Christ, and may be seen as Lenin and the Soviet Union replacing the Russian royal heir of the Christian Roman Empire. Yet, this did not unfold quite as the final Antichrist. The Romans were said to be from this land of Troy, and thus Revelations considers the Romans to be Magog. Magog is yet to be. NATO?

[@Josdamale]

@Matthew N You mean like all those "Bible based" sermons he gave?

[@SAGE0FTHEEAST]

Its the table of nations that expose who the biblical jews are and who they aren't. The sea people are the gentiles! Nimrod was a nubian from kush, he's responsible for "the worlds 1st civilization".

[@PlantChrist]

Imagine IP street preaching

[@johnnyhaigs243]

I couldn't

[@phillwithskill1364]

YES

[@monarchblue4280]

Nah. Hes too calm and collected.

[@ismaelbarron7600]

Hehe people only knows what schools did teach them that we come from monkeys. They will be so ignorant that people would not understand a sole word from Inspiring Philosophy if he preaches in the street.

[@danielblue4460]

The 1 King 9:10-13 reference by a "scholar" makes the latter not.

[@jlupus8804]

“Could refer to a division between farmers and nomads” Agricultural Revolution maybe?? 😃

[@robertmcgee1771]

when you look at what Paul is saying in his letters, it states clearly only the children of Isaac can receive the promise,.. This is why the scribes and Pharisees were persecuting them, you see the scribes and Pharisees were actually the children of Ishmael... and Paul was basically saying they were not included.. Galatians 4:28¶Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. Also note.. Paul wouldn't write people at Rome, telling them those things, if those people were not the"northern House" the remnant of the bloodline of Isaac.. Romans 9 7Neither, because they are the bloodline of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy bloodline be called. 8That is, They which are the children of the flesh,= Ishmael ) are not the children of God: but the children of the promise=( Isaac) are counted for the bloodline. 9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. Note, Paul in Romans 99 refers you to this prophecy.. Genesis 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. Now in doing this,Paul is making it clear they are Abraham's promised seed or bloodline through Sarah, would be the only ones to receive the promise

[@justinlowder1854]

The table came first the stated to came to geather to billed the tower aft fifth generation

[@johndelong5574]

Your very subtle attempt to undermine scriptural authority becomes more apparent .Unbelief disguised as academic effort.

[@Kricura]

I dont know why people used the name Egypt🙄🙄.- in those time is call by The original name which was ‘Kemet’... Egypt is a Greek name after they invaded that region few thousand years later. This is why many people get confuse. Is not your fault am just saying

[@dthird3107]

I think that the Bible describes a table of religious followers and not really a group of family in literal meaning. Because if you will line up those in our current historical and archaeological findings, it won't fit to any nations at all because we all know that during those days, using scientific predating, these names and figures didn't happened during the last Migration period of men nor it doesn't fit before any period before the establishment of the Egyptian Old Kingdom which can be the basis of the Old Testament. Most biblical terms as we know them, were not that written with a straightforward meaning particularly those who wrote the Old Testament.

[@alexandremotkalyuk7184]

Nice

[@kalestanforde]

The sons of ham are necessarily biological related, Do you know the meaning of begat? The sons of japhet were not related either? Neither were shem? Neither were Noah's sons belong to Noah?

[@brandonmcduffy6654]

I do not like your videos. It leaves to much uncertainty rather than certainty. The Bible was never to be interpreted that way.