Good afternoon to all of my fine
friends out there!
Another beautiful week has gone
by! Did everyone see that gorgeous full moon! Our God is so amazing! And it
doesn’t matter if you are in the northern hemisphere or the southern, or if you
are in China or Canada, we all can view this closest of celestial objects no
matter the phase it is in!
Which brings us to our question
of the week…can we connect the people groups of today with the dispersal at the
tower of Babel? Very interestingly, the answer is yes! As a matter of fact, you
might be surprised at how many names are still present from those ancient of
times. Let us take a look…
The three sons of Noah who came
with him from the former world on the ark, in order of birth, were Japheth, Shem
and Ham. From these three came many descendents but we will follow just a few. I
encourage you to see if you can find your lineage in these maps:
Japheth had a son, Gomer and a
grandson (from Gomer), Riphath. Their descendants
inhabited much of France, Wales and beyond. The ancient name for France is Gaul
or Galla which is a slight variation of Gomer. Even Portugal is translated as
Port of Gaul. More diversity of Gomer can is reflected in Galatia, Galicia and
Celts (originally Gelts). Gomeraega/Gymraeg and its variant Cymraeg, is what
the Old Welsh language is known as. The map
below gives a vivid picture of where Gomer’s descendants dispersed to:
Japheth had another son, Tubal (who
is mention 8 times in the bible). Many of Tubal’s descendants inhabited the far
north in the region surrounding Tobolsk. Even today in this area many places
and towns have names that reflect their ancestry from Tubal (whose Greek name
is Iberia [Siberia]). There is even a river still called the Tobol river in
Russia!
We will only follow one more line
of Japheth; Tiras. Tiras was the one who originally founded Thrace (segments of
today’s Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey). Numerous people of in the southeastern
portions of Europe are his descendants:
Shem, Noah’s middle son, had many
sons of his own but here is just the line of Lud (Laud). Not much is known of
him, but his name lingers on. The people of Lydian include the Luvians and Lycians
and of course the city of Laodicea.
And my final example if from the
line of Ham, Noah’s youngest son on the ark. Ham begot Cush and Cush inhabited
northern Africa. As a matter of fact the Ethiopians still today call themselves
Cushites. And the Hebrew the word for Egypt (a Greek term) is actually Mizraim.
A term still used today by the Jewish people.
It is not a mystery, for the most
part, of how and why people groups are where they are today. It is actually a
fascinating part of human history. If we would just follow and believe the
Bible, we would never be misled.
Until next time, God bless and
take care!
Willow Dressel
This week in the night skies: Last-quarter
Moon rises close to the middle of the night and gets later from there until new
moon on May 9/10th.
References:
Maps and informatin from:
Hodge, Bodie, Tower Of Babel, The Cultural History Of Our
Ancestors, Master Books, March, 2013, Green Forest, AR, pp124-175.
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