And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, JoktanJoktan is a significant figure in the genealogies of Genesis, representing a branch of the descendants of Shem, one of Noah's sons. The name "Joktan" in Hebrew is "Yoqtan," which may mean "small" or "insignificant." However, his lineage is far from insignificant, as it represents the spread of humanity post-flood. Joktan's descendants are traditionally associated with the Arabian Peninsula, indicating the early spread of Semitic peoples into this region. This highlights the fulfillment of God's command to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" ( Genesis 9:1). was the father of
This phrase underscores the patriarchal nature of ancient genealogies, where lineage and heritage were traced through the male line. In Hebrew, the word for "father" is "ab," which not only denotes a biological relationship but also implies a role of leadership and authority within the family and community. This reflects the biblical emphasis on the family unit as the foundational structure of society, ordained by God. Almodad
Almodad is the first of Joktan's sons listed, and his name in Hebrew, "Almodad," is somewhat obscure, possibly meaning "not measured" or "immeasurable." This could symbolize the vastness and potential of Joktan's descendants. Almodad's mention signifies the beginning of a new generation, emphasizing the continuity of God's promise to Noah and his sons to repopulate the earth. Sheleph
The name "Sheleph" in Hebrew, "Sheleph," might mean "drawing out" or "extracting." This could metaphorically suggest the expansion and influence of Joktan's lineage. Historically, Sheleph is associated with the region of Yemen, indicating the geographical spread of these early Semitic tribes. This expansion is a testament to the fulfillment of God's covenant with humanity to inhabit the earth. Hazarmaveth
Hazarmaveth, in Hebrew "Hatsarmaveth," is thought to mean "village of death" or "court of death." This name is linked to the ancient region of Hadramaut in modern-day Yemen, known for its rich history and trade routes. The mention of Hazarmaveth highlights the historical and cultural significance of Joktan's descendants in the development of early civilizations in the Arabian Peninsula. Jerah
The name "Jerah" in Hebrew, "Yerah," means "moon" or "month," possibly indicating a connection to lunar worship or a calendar system. Jerah's inclusion in the genealogy points to the diverse cultural and religious practices that emerged among Joktan's descendants. This diversity reflects the broader narrative of Genesis, where humanity, though united in origin, develops distinct identities and cultures as they spread across the earth. Persons / Places / Events 1. JoktanA descendant of Shem, Joktan is listed as the father of several sons, including Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, and Jerah. He is part of the genealogical record that traces the lineage of the Semitic peoples. 2. AlmodadOne of Joktan's sons. His name and lineage are part of the Table of Nations, which outlines the descendants of Noah's sons after the flood. 3. ShelephAnother son of Joktan. His name is included in the genealogical record, contributing to the understanding of the spread of nations. 4. HazarmavethAlso a son of Joktan. His name is believed to be associated with a region in southern Arabia, indicating the geographical spread of Joktan's descendants. 5. JerahThe fourth son of Joktan mentioned in this verse. His name, like his brothers', contributes to the broader account of the dispersion of peoples. Teaching Points The Importance of GenealogiesGenealogies in the Bible serve to connect historical events and people, showing God's hand in history and the fulfillment of His promises. Understanding Our RootsJust as the genealogies trace the origins of nations, Christians are encouraged to understand their spiritual heritage and identity in Christ. God's Sovereignty in HistoryThe dispersion of nations and peoples, as seen in Joktan's lineage, reflects God's sovereign plan and purpose for humanity. Unity in DiversityWhile genealogies highlight the diversity of nations, they also point to the unity of all people under God's creation. Faithfulness Across GenerationsThe record of Joktan's descendants reminds believers of the importance of faithfulness and passing down a legacy of faith through generations. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the genealogy of Joktan and his sons help us understand the spread of nations after the flood? 2. In what ways do the genealogies in Genesis 10 and 11 prepare us for the account of the Tower of Babel? 3. How can understanding our spiritual heritage in Christ impact our daily lives and decisions? 4. What does the dispersion of Joktan's descendants teach us about God's sovereignty and purpose for humanity? 5. How can we, as Christians, ensure that we are passing down a legacy of faith to future generations? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 11The Tower of Babel account follows the genealogies, providing context for the dispersion of peoples and languages, which is relevant to understanding the spread of Joktan's descendants. 1 Chronicles 1:20-23This passage repeats the genealogy of Joktan, reinforcing the importance of these lineages in the biblical account. Acts 17:26This verse speaks to the unity of humanity and God's sovereignty in determining the times and places for each nation, which can be related to the genealogical records in Genesis. People Abimael, Almodad, Amorites, Anamim, Anamites, Aram, Arkite, Arkites, Arphaxad, Arvadite, Ashkenaz, Ashur, Canaanites, Caphtorim, Caphtorites, Casluhim, Casluhites, Dedan, Diklah, Dodanim, Eber, Elam, Elishah, Gether, Girgashite, Girgashites, Girgasite, Gomer, Hadoram, Ham, Hamathite, Hamathites, Havilah, Hazarmaveth, Heth, Hittites, Hivite, Hivites, Hul, Japheth, Javan, Jerah, Jobab, Joktan, Kittim, Lehabim, Lehabites, Lud, Ludim, Ludites, Madai, Magog, Mash, Mesha, Meshech, Mizraim, Naphtuhim, Naphtuhites, Nimrod, Noah, Obal, Ophir, Pathrusim, Peleg, Phut, Riphath, Sabtah, Sabtecha, Sabtechah, Salah, Seba, Shelah, Sheleph, Shem, Sinite, Sinites, Tarshish, Tiras, Togarmah, Tubal, Uzal, Zemarite, Zemarites, ZidonPlaces Accad, Admah, Assyria, Babel, Calah, Calneh, Canaan, Erech, Gaza, Gerar, Gomorrah, Lasha, Mesha, Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Resen, Sephar, Shinar, Sidon, Sodom, Tigris-Euphrates Region, ZeboiimTopics Almodad, Almo'dad, Begat, Begot, Begotten, Hazarmaveth, Hazarma'veth, Jerah, Joktan, ShelephDictionary of Bible Themes Genesis 10:1-32 7230 genealogies Library Ancient Chaldaea
The Creation, the Deluge, the history of the gods--The country, its cities its inhabitants, its early dynasties. [Illustration: 002a.jpg] "In the time when nothing which was called heaven existed above, and when nothing below had as yet received the name of earth,* Apsu, the Ocean, who first was their father, and Chaos-Tiamat, who gave birth to them all, mingled their waters in one, reeds which were not united, rushes which bore no fruit."** Life germinated slowly in this inert mass, in which the …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 3Moses and his Writings
[Illustration: (drop cap W) Clay letter tablet of Moses' time.] We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making Healing a Phoenician Woman's Daughter.
(Region of Tyre and Sidon.) ^A Matt. XV. 22-28; ^B Mark VII. 24-30. ^b And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it [Jesus sought concealment for the purposes noted in the last section. He also, no doubt, desired an opportunity to impact private instruction to the twelve]; and he could not be hid. [The fame of Jesus had spread far and wide, and he and his disciples were too well known to escape the notice of any who had seen them or heard them described.] 25 But { ^a 22 And} behold, …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Sea of Sodom
The bounds of Judea, on both sides, are the sea; the western bound is the Mediterranean,--the eastern, the Dead sea, or the sea of Sodom. This the Jewish writers every where call, which you may not so properly interpret here, "the salt sea," as "the bituminous sea." In which sense word for word, "Sodom's salt," but properly "Sodom's bitumen," doth very frequently occur among them. The use of it was in the holy incense. They mingled 'bitumen,' 'the amber of Jordan,' and [an herb known to few], with …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
SYRIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EGYPTIAN CONQUEST NINEVEH AND THE FIRST COSSAEAN KINGS-THE PEOPLES OF SYRIA, THEIR TOWNS, THEIR CIVILIZATION, THEIR RELIGION-PHOENICIA. The dynasty of Uruazagga-The Cossseans: their country, their gods, their conquest of Chaldaea-The first sovereigns of Assyria, and the first Cossaean Icings: Agumhakrime. The Egyptian names for Syria: Khara, Zahi, Lotanu, Kefatiu-The military highway from the Nile to the Euphrates: first section from Zalu to Gaza-The Canaanites: …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4 The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
Assur-nazir-pal (885-860) and Shalmaneser III. (860-825)--The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis. Assyria was the first to reappear on the scene of action. Less hampered by an ancient past than Egypt and Chaldaea, she was the sooner able to recover her strength after any disastrous crisis, and to assume again the offensive along the whole of her frontier line. Image Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a bas-relief at Koyunjik of the time of Sennacherib. The initial cut, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
Syria: the part played by it in the ancient world--Babylon and the first Chaldaean empire--The dominion of the Hyksos: Ahmosis. Some countries seem destined from their origin to become the battle-fields of the contending nations which environ them. Into such regions, and to their cost, neighbouring peoples come from century to century to settle their quarrels and bring to an issue the questions of supremacy which disturb their little corner of the world. The nations around are eager for the possession …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 4 The Pioneer's Influence Upon a Nation's Ideals.
ABRAHAM, THE TRADITIONAL FATHER OF HIS RACE.--Gen. 12:1-8; 13:1-13; 16; 18, 19; 21:7; 22:1-19. Parallel Readings. Hist. Bible I, 73-94. Prin of Pol., 160-175. Jehovah said to Abraham, Go forth from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will show thee, that I may make of thee a great nation; and I will surely bless thee, and make thy name great, so that thou shalt be a blessing, I will also bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will …
Charles Foster Kent—The Making of a Nation The Interpretation of the Early Narratives of the Old Testament
[Sidenote: Importance of regarding each story as a unit] Of all the different groups of writings in the Old Testament, undoubtedly the early narratives found in the first seven books present the most perplexing problems. This is primarily due to the fact that they have been subject to a long process of editorial revision by which stories, some very old and others very late and written from a very different point of view, have been closely joined together. While there is a distinct aim and unity …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament Sargon of Assyria (722-705 B. C. )
SARGON AS A WARRIOR AND AS A BUILDER. The origin of Sargon II.: the revolt of Babylon, Merodach-baladan and Elam--The kingdom of Elam from the time of the first Babylonian empire; the conquest's of Shutruh-nalkunta I.; the princes of Malamir--The first encounter of Assyria and Elam, the battle of Durilu (721 B.C.)--Revolt of Syria, Iaubidi of Hamath and Hannon of Gaza--Bocchoris and the XXIVth Egyptian dynasty; the first encounter of Assyria with Egypt, the battle of Raphia (720 B.C.). Urartu …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 Genealogy According to Luke.
^C Luke III. 23-38. ^c 23 And Jesus himself [Luke has been speaking about John the Baptist, he now turns to speak of Jesus himself], when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age [the age when a Levite entered upon God's service--Num. iv. 46, 47], being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son [this may mean that Jesus was grandson of Heli, or that Joseph was counted as a son of Heli because he was his son-in-law] of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Influences that Gave Rise to the Priestly Laws and Histories
[Sidenote: Influences in the exile that produced written ceremonial laws] The Babylonian exile gave a great opportunity and incentive to the further development of written law. While the temple stood, the ceremonial rites and customs received constant illustration, and were transmitted directly from father to son in the priestly families. Hence, there was little need of writing them down. But when most of the priests were carried captive to Babylonia, as in 597 B.C., and ten years later the temple …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament The Book of the First Generations of Man, and the Glory of the Cainites.
I. THE BOOK OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS OF MAN, AND THE GLORY OF THE CAINITES. A. THE BOOK OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS OF MAN. 1. The reasons why Moses records the generations of Adam 1. 2. Why he so particularly gives the years, and in the case of each patriarch adds "and he died" 1-2. 3. Why Enoch is placed in the records of the dead 3-4. * Was Enoch a sinner, and do sinners have hope of eternal life 4. * Of death. a. How we are to comfort ourselves against death 5. b. How reason views death, and how …
Martin Luther—Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Genesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of …
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