Show Don't Tell: Genesis 10:1-32

Instead of saying "This chapter lists the nations descended from Noah's sons," watch the world repopulate. Three men step off the ark—Shem, Ham, Japheth—and from them, seventy nations spread across the earth. Picture the map filling in: Japheth's descendants pushing toward coastlands and islands, sailors and settlers. Ham's line spreading south to Egypt and Canaan—yes, Canaan, the land that will matter so much later. And Shem, father of the Semites, the line that will carry the promise. Each name is a tribe, a language, a future enemy or ally of Israel. Nimrod rises—"a mighty hunter before the LORD"—building Babylon and Nineveh, cities that will haunt God's people for millennia. This isn't just genealogy; it's a world map painted with names.