21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 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 10:21-32).
The lineage of Shem completes the list of families and nations that would form from them in the immediate post-flood era. We learn from these verses that in the fourth generation after Shem that the earth was divided (in the days of Peleg). It is possible that this division was one in which people were scattered (tower of Babel) or it is also possible that at this time the earth’s tectonic plates moved rapidly and the continents were divided. All we know for certain is that there was division of some kind.
The lineage of Shem completes the list of families and nations that would form from them in the immediate post-flood era. We learn from these verses that in the fourth generation after Shem that the earth was divided (in the days of Peleg). It is possible that this division was one in which people were scattered (tower of Babel) or it is also possible that at this time the earth’s tectonic plates moved rapidly and the continents were divided. All we know for certain is that there was division of some kind.
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