Genesis 15 tells us of God’s appearance to Abram in a vision through which God reiterated His promise to bring forth an innumerable nation from Abram’s own son and to give Abram’s offspring all the land from the Nile to the Euphrates as their inheritance. In Genesis 15:6, we read that Abram believed God and his faith was credited by God to Abram as righteousness.
This map shows the homelands of Ham’s descendants through his sons Cush, Egypt (מִצְרַיִם miṣrayim), Put, Canaan and Raamah listed in Genesis 10:6-20.
The first part of Genesis 14 details a series of battles that took place between two alliances of kings in which Abram’s nephew Lot was taken captive. When he returned from rescuing Lot, Abram was met by Melchizedek – King of Salem and priest of God Most High.
Genesis 12 & 13 tell the story of God’s call for Abram to leave his father Terah in Haran and journey to a land that God would show him. When he arrived in Canaan, God promised to give all the land of Canaan to Abram’s descendants.
Genesis 14:1-16 details a series of battles between two alliances of kings in the Valley of Siddim in which Abram’s nephew Lot was taken captive. Abram pursued the captors and rescued Lot. This map details the movements of the armies and the places where the battles took place.
This map shows the locations (known or speculated) for various places mentioned in Genesis.
Genesis 11 brings us into the heart of Genesis – God’s choosing from the peoples of the earth one nation as His own – Israel. We will once more take up the genealogy of Shem, but first we find the famous story of the Tower of Babel.
In this study, we examine the disturbing story of Noah’s curse upon his own grandson Canaan, and then look at the genealogy found in Genesis 10 which has been called “The Table of Nations.”
This genealogy lists the descendants of Noah’s sons Shem, Japheth, and Ham along with the meanings of their names. The line from Noah through Shem to Jesus is shown in red. Name meanings are shown in italics.