May the mumbling commence!
Once again it’s time for another
addition of the Hebrew Name Game! Read
from Peterson’s The Message:
Egypt was
ancestor to the
Ludi, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the
origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the
Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the
Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far
south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah,
Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
These
are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all children of Eber.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram.
The
sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech.
Arphaxad
had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had
two sons, Peleg (so named because of the days the human race was divided) and
Joktan.
Joktan had Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram,
Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab – all sons of
Joktan. Their land goes from Mesha
toward Sephar as far as the mountain ranges in the east.
These
are the descendants of Shem by family, language, country, and nation.
This is the family tree
of the sons of Noah as they developed into
nations. From them nations developed all across the
Earth after the flood. (Genesis 10:13-32)
Now read the same passage from the
NIV:
Mizraim was
the father of
the Ludites,
Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the
Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
Canaan was the father of
Sidon his
firstborn, and of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites,
Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered and the
borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then
toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
These are the sons of Ham by their
clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was
Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the
earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah
and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward
Sephar, in the eastern hill country. These
are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their
territories and nations.
These are the clans of Noah's sons,
according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the
nations spread out over the earth after the flood. (Genesis 10:13-32)
Not much to comment on this
genealogy. The differences between the
two are minimal and mostly based on the function of fatherhood in the Hebrew
culture also consisting of more of an ancestor function – sons versus
descendants and father versus ancestor.
There is an interesting difference
at the end of chapter ten. The NIV
speaks of the nations spreading out while Peterson speaks of the nations
developing. Maybe it’s because of the
material that follows in chapter eleven that Peterson takes this tact. The nations were not spreading out… and that’s
the problem as we will see.
Enough mumbling for now…
Peace Out
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