According to Les Feldick, after Babel, Ham's descendants settled primarily in Canaan, Shem's descendants settled in the Middle East, and Japheth's descendants migrated into Europe, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and western Russia.
Les builds this geographic picture from the genealogies of Genesis 10. He places the Hamitic line in Canaan and the Mediterranean area, the Semitic line east of the Euphrates, and the Japhethites in Europe and western Russia. This follows the scattering of the nations from the Tower of Babel.
Genesis 10:32 — This verse summarizes the Table of Nations and shows that all the nations were divided after the flood according to the families of Noah's sons.
Genesis 11:8-9 — These verses record the LORD scattering the people from Babel, which is the event that sent Noah's descendants into the regions Les describes.
Genesis 10 traces the generations of Noah's three sons—Japheth, Ham, and Shem—and names their descendants. The text lists Ham's sons as Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan (Genesis 10:6), and it notes that Cush was the father of Nimrod (Genesis 10:8). Genesis 10:32 summarizes the whole chapter: "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." Genesis 11:8-9 records the actual scattering from Babel: "So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth." The Bible itself does not give a detailed map of which specific nation went to which exact territory. It records the division and the scattering, leaving the geographic tracing to teachers like Les Feldick.
Les Feldick explains that after the Tower of Babel, the descendants of Noah's three sons moved into three broad regions. The sons of Ham ended up primarily in the land of Canaan (Clip 1), and Les identifies the Canaanites as living on the shores of the Mediterranean in what is today Palestine or Israel (Clip 6). The sons of Shem were established east of the Euphrates River (Clip 2), and Les says the Middle Eastern peoples are predominantly from Shem—including Abraham's line, which produced both the nation of Israel and all the Arab peoples (Clip 3). The sons of Japheth migrated up toward Europe and western Russia (Clip 2), reaching Europe, Scandinavia, and Great Britain (Clip 3). Les also teaches that the Japhethites are predominantly the white race, or Caucasians (Clip 2), and that Japheth became the progenitor of the Goyim, translated as Gentile (Clip 4).
Les says the sons of Ham ended up primarily in the land of Canaan (Clip 1). He describes the Canaanites as living on the shores of the Mediterranean in the present-day land of Palestine or Israel, and notes that the Canaanite was in the land when Abraham came (Clip 6). In Genesis 10, the sons of Ham are listed as Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan, and Cush was the father of Nimrod (Clip 5).
Les places the offspring of Shem east of the Euphrates River (Clip 2). From the line of Shem came Abraham, who became the father of the nation of Israel and of all the Arab peoples, so Les says our Middle Eastern people are predominantly from Shem (Clip 3). He also mentions that he personally prefers to put the Oriental peoples in the line of Shem, though he admits he may be wrong in that (Clip 1).
Les says that from the Tower of Babel, the offspring of Japheth migrated up predominantly toward Europe and western Russia (Clip 2). He names Europe, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and western Russia as the regions settled by Japheth's descendants (Clip 3). Les identifies Japhethites as predominantly what we call the white race, or the Caucasians (Clip 2), and he teaches that Japheth was the progenitor of the Goyim, the biblical term later translated as Gentile (Clip 4).
Les points his students to the genealogical lists in Genesis 10. He notes that Japheth's sons are given in verses 2 and 3, and that Ham's genealogy appears in verse 6 with the sons Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan (Clip 5). He also highlights verse 8, where Cush is named as the father of Nimrod. The summary in Genesis 10:32 states that by these families the nations were divided in the earth after the flood, which is the foundation Les uses for his migration teaching.
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The Basic Three-Way Migration
Les gives the overall migration picture: Japhethites went up into present-day Europe, Hamites ended up primarily in the land of Canaan, and Shemites settled in the Middle East.
Shem East of the Euphrates, Japheth Toward Europe
Les places Shem's descendants east of the Euphrates River and says Japheth's offspring migrated from Babel up toward Europe and western Russia, identifying Japhethites as predominantly the white race or Caucasians.
Japheth's Northern and Western Migration
Les states that Japheth's descendants migrated to Europe, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and western Russia, and that Shem's line produced Abraham, Israel, and the Arab peoples.
Japheth as the Progenitor of the Gentiles
Les connects Japheth to the biblical Goyim, explaining that this is the term the Bible uses for the Gentiles.
Using Genesis 10 Genealogies
Les directs readers to Genesis 10:2-3 for Japheth's sons and Genesis 10:6 for Ham's sons, and points out that Cush was the father of Nimrod.
Ham's Canaanite Descendants
Les teaches that Ham was the progenitor of the Canaanites, who lived on the Mediterranean shores in present-day Palestine/Israel, and that Shem's line continued through Terah.
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But out of the line of Shem, we've got Mohammedanism, Judaism, and Christianity, and of course when I say the line of Shem, the primary man is going to be Abraham. Out of the line of Ham, then, we have a lot of the original discoveries, a lot of the original inventions came from the Hamitic people, and we're going to see evidence of that as soon as we get into the next chapter.
Genesis 10:32: These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
This is the concluding verse of the Table of Nations and the biblical basis for saying the nations descended from Noah's three sons.
Genesis 10:6: And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
This verse names Ham's descendants and connects Ham's line directly to Canaan, the land where Les says Ham's descendants settled.
Genesis 10:8: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
This verse identifies Cush, a son of Ham, as the father of Nimrod, the figure central to Les's discussion of Babel.
Genesis 11:8-9: So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
This passage records the scattering that sent Noah's descendants outward into the regions described by Les Feldick.
Les Feldick says the scattered families followed the lines of Noah's three sons. Ham's descendants settled primarily in Canaan, Shem's descendants settled in the Middle East, and Japheth's descendants moved into Europe, Scandinavia, Great Britain, and western Russia.
Yes. Les says the Japhethites are predominantly what we call the white race, or the Caucasians. He connects them to Europe and western Russia.
Les teaches that out of Shem's line came Abraham, who became the father of not only the nation of Israel but also all the Arab peoples. That is why Les says the Middle Eastern peoples are predominantly from Shem.
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