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Following is the family tree of Noah, as told in Genesis 10: 

1. Noah
1. Shem
1. Elam
2. Ashur
3. Arphaxad
1. Shelah
1. Eber
1. Peleg
2. Joktan
1. Almodad
2. Sheleph
3. Hazarmaveth
4. Jerah
5. Hadoram
6. Uzal
7. Diklah
8. Obal
9. Abimael
10. Sheba
11. Ophir
12. Havilah
13. Jobab (Hobab)
4. Lud
5. Aram
1. Uz
2. Hul
3. Gether
4. Meshek (Japheth also had a son Meshek)
2. Ham - Egypt, Canaan, Shinar, Assyria
1. Cush
1. Seba
2. Havilah
3. Sabtah
4. Raamah
1. Sheba
2. Dedan
5. Sabteka
6. Nimrod
1. Babylon in Shinar
2. Uruk in Shinar
3. Akkad in Shinar
4. Kalneh in Shinar
5. Ninevah in Assyria
6. Rehoboth in Assyria
7. Ir in Assyria
8. Calah in Assyria
9. Resen in Assyria
2. Egypt
3. Put
4. Canaan
3. Japeth - Spread out by their clans within their nations
1. Gomer
1. Ashkenaz
2. Riphath
3. Togarmah
2. Magog
3. Madai
4. Javan
1. Elishah
2. Tarshish
3. The Kittites
4. The Rodanites
5. Tubal
6. Meshek (Shem had a grandson Meshek)
7. Tiras

After searching on several of the names above in the Bible, I find that many of them are mentioned throughout the Bible. I want to go through them, one at a time, to get an idea of how they impacted history from the Bible’s perspective.  I want to see how they might have been recorded in History.  This won’t be too deep a study, but deep enough to convince myself that that the timeline I computed for things continues to make sense.  Also, it’s interesting.  The only thing that kind of disappoints me is that I have been looking forward to going through the Tower of Babel… which is in Genesis 11.  I have alluded to it before, but have not given it its own post(s) yet. Well, so be it.

I am going to cover the genealogy in the order I have it above. I had nothing in mind with this order.  It was just the order I ended up with as I read through Genesis 10.  Perhaps as I study, I’ll find a more a logical ordering, but until then at least I have some structure for study.

Also, as usual, I will be using Wikipedia extensively.  I realize it has its flaws, but there seems to be a healthy dose of skepticism within its Biblical references… as long as I don’t sense an agenda in the writings, it gives me confidence that the postings have been made and maintained impartially… though I could be wrong.  This also does not mean I will limit myself to Wikipedia. I just want it clear that I realize it has flaws and I’m using it anyway because, well, it’s convenient and I’m not doing this full time. I occasionally buy the scholarly articles to augment things, but those are expensive, so I try and minimize that.  Enough of that.

I will start with Elam.

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