Day 12: The Semites

Genesis 10:20-32, NIV

Wait, I thought Shem was the oldest, and then Ham, and then Japheth? What?

Yeah...

Day 11: The Hamites

Genesis 10:6-20, NIV

Sons of Ham...oh, Canaan! Father of that race or whatever, I suppose.

Cush, father of Nimrod...haven't I heard of Nimrod somewhere? Wasn't he a bad guy?

Yeah, something to do with Babylon, too, right?

Assyria, Nineveh, I recognize those.

Do I really need to bother with all this genealogy stuff?

Oh, Sodom. Hey, is that where the term "sodomy" came from?

Day 10: The Japhethites

Genesis 10:2-5, NIV

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras. I recognize only one of Japheth's sons, and two other names sound familiar. Only Gomer and Javan's lines are important?

Day 9: The Table Of Nations

Genesis 10:1, NIV

Oh. Nice intro paragraph. Okay, I will go on to read about Shem, Ham, and Jay's kids.

Day 8: The Sons Of Noah

Genesis 9:18-28, NIV

So it was Noah who got drunk. Wow, there goes my opinion of him. And Ham, rotten son. Good for Japheth and Shem. From Many Waters, I'd disliked Ham, too.

This was a short section. Ham wasn't being very nice; still, it seems like an extreme punishment, but I guess it wasn't really, not for those times. I think the whole "sins of the father, sins of the son" thing is rather unfair.

Day 7: God's Covenant With Noah

Genesis 9:1-17, NIV

Finally He mentions the fish. And the Bible doesn't say anything about daughters. Only the sons. Wait...it was "sons and their families", wasn't it?

Yeah...oops..."sons' wives."

Everything that lives and moves will be food...even the poisonous stuff?

What is lifeblood? Just blood? Blood of the heart? Or a living animal or something? How do you get rid of all blood? What if it's an accident?