Table of Nations

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Old Testament passage biblical genealogy biblical narrative

The Table of Nations is a biblical genealogy in Genesis 10 that traces the descendants of Noah’s sons and outlines the origins of the world’s nations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Table of Nations tradition 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament passage ⓘ
biblical genealogy ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Great Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ
part of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
conceptualizesHumanityAs descendants of Noah ⓘ
describesDescendantsOf Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japheth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shem NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsInText Genesis 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre genealogical list ⓘ
hasPrimaryTheme distribution of peoples after the Flood ⓘ
genealogy of postdiluvian humanity ⓘ
origins of nations ⓘ
influenced Christian ethnographic thought ⓘ
Jewish ethnographic thought ⓘ
languageOfText Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInText Genesis 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsFigure Aram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arphaxad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asshur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canaanites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cush NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gomer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Javan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magog NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meshech NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mizraim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nimrod NERFINISHED ⓘ
Put NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tubal NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionsRegion Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philistia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sodom and Gomorrah vicinity ⓘ
numberOfNamedGroups 70 ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedesInText Genesis 11:1–9 ⓘ
Tower of Babel narrative ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
timeFrameDescribed postdiluvian period ⓘ
usedFor traditional classification of nations ⓘ
usedIn biblical exegesis ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beth-togarmah → appearsIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Table of Nations tradition
Gomer → appearsInSection → Table of Nations ⓘ
Shem → associatedWith → Table of Nations ⓘ
Ham → descendantsListedIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
Put → genealogicalList → Table of Nations ⓘ
Primeval history → hasPart → Table of Nations ⓘ
Cush → hasRoleIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
Tubal → listedAmong → Table of Nations ⓘ