Noah and His Three Sons
Sin had followed Noah into the world and stained it early on.
The Genesis 11:1-9 record of the Tower of Babel shows us how the world from
Noah’s time had again declined into an intolerable state.
Evil increased over time and the pattern
becomes clearer as the history of man
rolls along. The wickedness of man began to expand more quickly as time went on.
This is perhaps because of the lessening influence of
the great patriarchs. The first decline took 1656 years before
God stepped in with the flood.
The danger that showed itself at the Tower of Babel only
took hundreds of years. God used a whole new special
method of restraint to slow down this growth of
wickedness. God took some drastic steps at that stage
which would impede the speed by which man’s wickedness
would grow. This became a form of salvation for man for this
act held off God’s righteous wrath upon mankind.
The genealogy of chapter 10 shows how all the people of
the world derived from these three sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham and Shem.
Shem’s generations are expanded in chapter 11. Notice the characteristic
introductions found throughout the Book of Genesis (toledot sections).
Genesis 10 and 11 both begin with one.
Genesis 10:1 “Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth,
the sons of Noah….”
Genesis 11:10 “These are the records of the generations of Shem….”







We need to get a perspective on how the world became so diverse.
The scriptures unlock this mystery by revealing us the
creation and spread of cultures through Noah's sixteen
grandsons. On can note this through the chart below.