DWDP - Gen 10:1-5 The Table of Nations

About this episode

The episode explores Genesis 10, discussing the significance of the Table of Nations as a family tree that outlines the origins of seventy nations after the Flood.

Send us Fan Mail Genesis 10 is one of those chapters people skim and then forget, but it might be one of the most important “world history” pages in the Bible. We slow down and treat the Table of Nations like what it is: a family tree that explains how the post-Flood world becomes seventy nations, each with their own lands and languages. Along the way, we talk about why this record is so unusual in ancient literature, including a striking quote from renowned Near East archaeologist William F....

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Robert E. Jackson

Topics covered

• Bible
• Table of Nations
• family tree
• post-Flood world
• ancient literature
• world history

Keywords

• Genesis 10
• Table of Nations
• world history
• family tree
• nations
• languages
• ancient literature

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Books & works: Genesis 10

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