The Nations (Genesis #23)

The Nations

Text: Genesis 10

Nations have geographical boundaries

  • Verse 5 …in their lands…
  • Genesis 10:10 Erech is Iraq for instance. 

Nations have linguistic boundaries

  • Verse 5 …every one after his tongue…
  • By their language. Tongues are languages and dialects according to 10:5.

Nations have common family names

  • Verse 5 …after their families…
  • O’Malley, Hernandez, etc

Nations are called Gentiles

  • Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:15
  • 1 Corinthians 10:20, 12:2, Ephesians 2:11-13, 3:1, 6, 8, 4:17
  • Psalms 9:17, Sodom and Gomorrah was an example to the nations of how God would handle their wickedness according to Jude 7 and Matthew 25:31-46 (my brethren interpreted in Matthew 12:46-50)
  • Proverbs 28:2
  • One nation under God
    • Genesis 12:2
    • Deuteronomy 9:4-6
    • Isaiah 11:10, 42:1, 6
    • Isaiah 40:12-17
    • Romans 9:30