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The sons of Japheth

The sons of Ham

The sons of Shem

Gomer – accumulation Magog - selfish thought Madai – psychic truth Javan - east, fertility Tubal - increased  understanding Meshech - perception  through senses Aram–intellect foundation  in spirit Tiras - formative faculty Sons of Gomer Ashkenaz – fire cleansing Riphath - power Togarmah – hard intellect Sons of Javan Elishah – God firmly Tarshish – hard intellect Kittim - cut off outer sense Dodanim – loving side of We hear no more of the descendents of Jepthat and  Ham except through Caanan

Cush - darkened thought Mizraim - bondage to  materiality Phut - dying state of mind Canaan - material existence Sons of Cush Seba - intemperate desire Havilah - trial of bringing out spiritual from material Sabtah - kahma, tread mill Raamah - nameless dreads Sabtechah - contention Nimrod – mighty hunter  belief in might After the tower of Babel he built cities by might including Shinar – divided mind Ninevah – exterior growth Resen –control from above Sons of Raamah Sheba – rest, wholeness Dedan – physical love Sons of Mizraim Ludim – continuity through body Anamim – hard material thought Lehabim – activated by desire Naphtuhim – hold every thought  of lack Sons of Caanan became all the tribes such as The Jebusites - spiritual in subjection The Amorites – sex and procreation The Girgashites – unawakened state The Hevites – carnal consciousness The Arkites – Blind passion The Sinites – hateful passions The Arumdite – avarice, plunder The Zemarite – hunger for dominion The Hamathite – confidence in material

Elam - eternal Asshur - harmonious Argachsand - fate Lud – desire to bring forth (child of God) Aram – intellect foundation in spirit But two years after the flood Shem begat Arphaxad and then begat sons and daughters. So here is the beginning of spiritual life with the advent of daughters, even though unnamed. Arphaxad – realm of astrology Salah - Eber - overcome Peleg – separation through grace Reu – leading to pasture, feeding a flock Serug – shoot, branch, strength Nahor – passionate, eager, piercing Terah – waiting place Abram – exalted father Finally we are down to Abraham the first of the patriarchs. The descendents of Shem followed a growing spiritual path as will be seen later with the naming of Sarai and the wives of Isaac and Jacob and the eventual first named daughter of Jacob, Dinah.