Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth.

Genesis 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moves upon the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 9:3,4 Every moving thing that lives shall be meat.(food).for you.(eat anything); even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat.(don't eat things that are alive).

Genesis 9:5,6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.(what does 'in the image of God' mean?).

Genesis 9:7 And you, be you fruitful and multiply. Bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein.

Genesis 9:8-10 And God spake unto Noah and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.

Genesis 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud;

Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:18,19 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark.(after the flood), were Shem and Ham and Japheth and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah and of them was the whole earth overspread. 

Genesis 9:20,21 And Noah began to be an husbandman and he planted a vineyard and he drank of the wine and was drunken and he was uncovered within his tent.

Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were backward and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Genesis 9:24,25 And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan.(Canaan was the 4th son of Ham who was Noah's youngest son:.Genesis 10:6; what is the significance of him being cursed? did it mean one quarter of Ham's descendants only would be cursed? who knows?); a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth.(Ezekiel 27:13) and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:28,29 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years and he died..(how many years from the making of Adam to the birth of Noah were there?.Genesis 5:28,29)

Genesis 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of.Noah, Shem, Ham.and.Japheth.(and the map of how they spread out into a great people).and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

Genesis 10:3 And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles.(word 'Gentiles' here, in original is 'nations').divided in their lands. Every one after his tongue.(by this time after the flood {Genesis 8:13} different dialects had been developed and then the major change in languages:.Genesis 11:1-9), after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham, Cush.(the eldest son of Ham from whose descendants became the Ethiopians.{map}; in ancient Egyptian inscriptions Ethiopia is termed 'Kesh').and Mizraim.(Easton's Dictionary:."the whole country of Egypt is generally mentioned under the dual name of Mizraim.(Ezekiel 30:14), "the two Mazors.".Comprised with.Bible Dictionaries:.Mizraim was a son of Ham and father of various African races, but particularly of the Egyptians, to whom his name was given. Mizraim is also the Hebrew word for Egypt in the Bible and this country is still called Misr in Arabic. By the division of that land into Upper and Lower Egypt, the word 'Mizraim' is a dual form of the word 'matzor', meaning a 'mound' or 'fortress').and Phut.(3rd among Ham's sons, descendants settled between Egypt and Canaan and named the place Phut; they served as mercenaries in Egyptian armies:.Ezekiel 27:10; Nahum 3:9).and Canaan.

Genesis 10:7 And the sons of Cush, Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha and the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Genesis 10:9-11 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Asshur and built Nineveh and the cities Rehoboth and Calah, 

Genesis 10:12,13 And the city of Resen between Nineveh and Calah, the same is a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim,

Genesis 10:14 And Pathrusim.(Ezekiel 30:14).and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistim and Caphtorim.

Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon, his firstborn and Heth.

Genesis 10:16 And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgasite,

Genesis 10:17,18 And the.Hivite.and the.Arkite.and the.Sinite. And the.Arvadite.and the.Zemarite.and the.Hamathite.and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Genesis 10:17,18 And the.Hivite.(Exodus 34:11).and the.Arkite.(descendants of the more ancient Phoenicians, also called Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon).and the.Sinite.(an inhabitant of Sin, near Arka). And the.Arvadite.(an inhabitant of the Phoenician city of Arvad; they were descendants of Canaan and noted mariners:.Ezekiel 27:8. Arvad provided mariners and soldiers for ancient Tyre; Arvad is a small rocky island city on the coast of Syria at the mouth of the river Eleutherus {separating Syria and Phoenicia}, twenty-two miles north of Tripolis in North Africa; Arvad is now called ruins of Ruad; Arvad is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-amarna tablets).and the.Zemarite.(one of the Phoenician tribes descended from Ham, who inhabited the town of Sumra, at the western base of the Lebanon range; in the Amarna tablets B.C.E. 1400 Zemar or Zumur was one of the most important of the Phoenician cities, but it afterwards almost disappears from history).and the.Hamathite.(people who lived in Hamath, today called Hamah, located in western Syria south-southwest of Aleppo {city near the Turkish border existing since the beginning of mankind}; Zumur was a Hittite center B.C.E. 2000; later the great Solomon used the area for storage of his goods).and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 

And there were other ancient.'...ites': Genesis 15:19-21.

Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar.(an ancient town or place of the Philistines in the times of Abraham and Isaac, close to Gaza in the south of Judah), unto Gaza as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 

Genesis 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries and in their nations.

Genesis 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram.

Genesis 10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

Genesis 10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah and Salah begat Eber.(great-grandson of Shem; compare Heber).

Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one was Peleg.(his name means 'division'), for in his days was the earth divided.(confusion of languages, chapter 11:4-9, below).and his brother's name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:26-30 And Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah and Obal and Abimael and Sheba and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go unto Sephar a mount of the east.

Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech..(they all used the same words the same way, then what happened?)

Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there.

Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone and slime had they for morter.

How did they know how to do this at the beginning of mankind's recorded history on Earth? How? The Earth was remade. At this early stage in man's history we see also these early technologies:.Genesis 4:20-22. Man was intelligent enough to learn right from the get go, but who was teaching mankind? Where did their one language come from and who taught it to them?

Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Out of touch with the Infinite One and fearful. Let's get together in our own little cult so we can be recognized as greater than what each of us are individually. Ever hear of gangs, ever hear of private clubs and lodges, ever hear 'that's our church'. Why did they figure they would be scattered over all the Earth if they didn't have a name for their group?

Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down.(simply means to use one's attention; Creator doesn't have to go anywhere to know what's going on).to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one and they have all one language and this they begin to do and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do.

And so, the story of mankind's history carries on to today, where he still hasn't learned the way of love and peace and he never will solve the problems of life from the ordinary thinking level he is at, why?

Genesis 11:7.Go to.(words 'go to'), let us.(who were the 'us'?).go down.(see verse 5).and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city.(stopped building it).

Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

How were they scattered, if not by first spending some time to find out which ones of them now had the same language? Then those who understood the language probably took off to go to where they all could be.

Genesis 11:10-15 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hundred years old and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah. And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters. And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber.(another spelling for Heber). And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat Peleg.(his name means 'division':.Genesis 10:25).

Genesis 11:17-25 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg another four hundred and thirty years and begat sons and daughters. Reu was born to Peleg in his thirtieth year. And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years and begat sons and daughters. And Reu lived two and thirty years and begat Serug. And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters. And Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor. And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years and begat sons and daughters. And Nahor lived nine and twenty years and begat Terah.(father of Abraham). And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 When Terah had lived seventy years he begat Abram.(Creator later changed his name to Abraham), Nahor and Haran.

Genesis 11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat Abram, Nahor and Haran and Haran begat Lot.

Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai.(Sarai's named changed to Sarah {Genesis 17:15} and in New Testament, spelled Sara:.Romans 9:9; Hebrews 11:11; 1Peter 3:6) and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran his son's son and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan and they came unto Haran and dwelt there.

Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran his son's son.(here his nephew, yet in Genesis 14:14 he is called a brother, why?).and Sarai his daughter in law.(translators supply no original for this phrase 'daughter in law' other than the word 'perfected', which, in context, makes little sense, but 'daughter in law' may fit depending on their customs back then of which we know not enough to comment intelligently), his son Abram's wife.(original for word 'wife' is just 'woman').and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan and they came unto Haran and dwelt there.

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of your country and from thy kindred and from your father's house, unto a land that I will show you..(?)

Genesis 12:2 And I will make.(original for phrase 'And I will make of you' is understood as 'through your posterity shall become').of you a great nation.(original is also 'people').and I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless you and curse him that curses you. And in you.(or, because of you; why?).all families of the earth are blessed.

This was the essence of the promise God made to Abraham, a promise because of an agreement (mostly called a covenant in the.Bible) because Abraham loved and believed God's ways were the best (but, there was a bad god too) and these good ways of God have affected us all down through history to today for those loving God:.Genesis 15:6; 17:23; Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:6; James 2:23. What today are the good ways of God that could really help us immensely?

Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Genesis 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son and all their substance that they had gathered and the souls that they had gotten in Haran and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan and into the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west and Hai on the east and there he builded an altar unto the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 12:9-13 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. And there was a famine in the land and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon. Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save you alive. Say, I pray of you, you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake and my soul shall live because of thee.

Abraham wanted Sarai (her name was later changed to Sarah:.Genesis 11:29) to let on to others that she was his sister.

Genesis 12:14,15 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commended her before Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:14,15 And it came to pass, that, when Abram.(God changed his name to Abraham).was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh.(which Pharaoh was this one?).saw her and commended her before Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Genesis 12:16-20 And he entreated Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen and he asses.(donkey).and menservants and maidservants and she asses and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done unto me? Why didst you not tell me that she was your wife? Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife. Now therefore behold your wife, take her and go your way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him. And they sent him away and his wife and all that he had.

....continues to Chapters 13-16

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