Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 9:18-19; 10:1-4, 6-8, 21-23
by: Dorothy Noel.
Often, we skip the names when reading passages such as this. But even when you have trouble saying them aloud, I challenge you to recognize them. In Noah’s descendants are the names of places we will see later in the biblical story—Tarshish and Caanan being the most recognizable. But there are others that show up in the prophecies of Isaiah and Ezekiel or as the names of people groups we will encounter later. These records demonstrate that Noah and his sons fulfilled their God-given mandate and remind us how the recording of history helps us see the outworking of God’s greatness.