Descended from Noah

God Destroys and Recreates

God Is Always Working

Genesis 9:18-19,10;1-4,6-8,21-23 The Message

18-19 The sons of Noah who came out of the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah; from these three the whole Earth was populated.

The Family Tree of Noah’s Sons

10 This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah.
4-5 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim. The seafaring peoples developed from these, each in its own place by family, each with its own language.
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca.
The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.
8-12 Cush also had Nimrod.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the ancestor to all the children of Eber.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech.

For Reflection

God commanded Noah to repopulate the human race.  His offspring accounts for the creation of many nations. Not all of his progeny were destined to remain faithful to God.  Only Shem led to the birth of Abraham and eventually Christ. God restored God's creation and to humankind the power to choose to whom one held allegiance. 

Pray

Pray that you remember that you are a child of God and that all you have done and all you have been is not entirely of your own doing. Pray so that you can understand the special relationship between you and God can be realized by emulating God' son Jesus.

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