Genesis 10:1·~1 min
The Table of Nations
The account begins with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, whose sons are born after the flood. The chapter frames the nations as descending from this renewed human line.
T1his is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
Section summaryThe chapter opens by naming Noah’s three sons as the source of the generations that follow. The new world after the flood is introduced as a human family unfolding outward.
Role in the chapterThis brief opening sets the scope for the whole chapter. It turns from the flood itself to the peoples who arise from Noah’s household.