Table of Nations

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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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament passage ⓘ
biblical genealogy ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Great Flood ⓘ
linked to: The Flood
canonicalStatus part of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ
part of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
conceptualizesHumanityAs descendants of Noah ⓘ
describesDescendantsOf Ham ⓘ
Japheth ⓘ
Noah ⓘ
Shem ⓘ
followsInText Genesis 9 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
locatedInText Genesis 10 ⓘ
mentionsFigure Aram ⓘ
linked to: Aram-naharaim

Arphaxad ⓘ
Asshur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur

Canaan ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ
Cush ⓘ
Elam ⓘ
Gomer ⓘ
Javan ⓘ
Lud ⓘ
Madai ⓘ
Magog ⓘ
Meshech ⓘ
Mizraim ⓘ
linked to: Egypt

Nimrod ⓘ
Put ⓘ
Tiras ⓘ
Tubal ⓘ
mentionsRegion Assyria ⓘ
Babel ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ
Shinar ⓘ
Sidon ⓘ
Sodom and Gomorrah vicinity ⓘ
numberOfNamedGroups 70 ⓘ
partOf Book of Genesis ⓘ
precedesInText Genesis 11:1–9 ⓘ
Tower of Babel narrative ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
timeFrameDescribed postdiluvian period ⓘ
usedFor traditional classification of nations ⓘ
usedIn biblical exegesis ⓘ

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

Primeval history → hasPart → Table of Nations ⓘ
Tubal → listedAmong → Table of Nations ⓘ
Cush → hasRoleIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
Put → genealogicalList → Table of Nations ⓘ
Gomer → appearsInSection → Table of Nations ⓘ
Beth-togarmah → appearsIn → Table of Nations tradition ⓘ
linked to: Table of Nations
Ham → descendantsListedIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
Shem → associatedWith → Table of Nations ⓘ
Tower of Babel narrative → followsInText → Table of Nations in Genesis 10 ⓘ
linked to: Table of Nations
Heth → genealogicalContext → Table of Nations ⓘ
Eber → belongsToGenealogy → Table of Nations ⓘ
Thubal → appearsIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
כּוּשׁ → genealogicalList → Table of Nations ⓘ
פּוּט → relatedConcept → Table of Nations ⓘ
Riphath → appearsInSection → Table of Nations ⓘ
Togarmah → mentionedIn → Table of Nations ⓘ
Togarmah → relatedConcept → Table of Nations in Genesis 10 ⓘ
linked to: Table of Nations