After the flood, the entire human family descended from one man's three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Genesis 10, often called the Table of Nations, is the oldest family tree on earth, naming the peoples that spread out to fill the world. Follow it carefully and you can trace where the nations came from, and exactly where the line of Israel sits within the family. This is the scriptural backbone of every question about lineage and identity.
After the flood, the entire human family descended from one man's three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Genesis 10, often called the Table of Nations, is the oldest family tree on earth, naming the peoples that spread out to fill the world. Follow it carefully and you can trace where the nations came from, and exactly where the line of Israel sits within the family. This is the scriptural backbone of every question about lineage and identity.