The book of Hosea establishes the precedent that God will take people that don't belong to Him and make them His people. He had rejected Israel for their unfaithfulness and they are no longer called His people but by His mercy and grace He will take them back to Himself. So a people that did not belong to Him, now belong to Him.
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“ Abraham, then Isaac, then... ” Genesis 17:18 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” 19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.” ¶ I would suggest, Liberty, you look at at the above verses, should be an answer to your question. ¶ Like everyone Abram or as he was called later Abraham had Noah as his father like everyone on earth has him as his father. ¶ Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary for Genesis 10:5---" the isles of the Gentiles—a phrase by which the Hebrews described all countries which were accessible by sea (Isa 11:11,20:6,Jer 25:22). Such in relation to them were the countries of Europe, the peninsula of Lesser Asia, and the region lying on the east of the Euxine. Accordingly, it was in these quarters the early descendants of Japheth had their settlements."
Jim Lincoln (10/29/2015)
from Nebraska
“ Abraham, then Isaac, then... ” Genesis 17:18 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” 19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.” ¶ I would suggest, Liberty, you look at those verses, should be an answer to your question.
Liberty (10/27/2015)
from Non Traditionalist
“ Great Sermon! ” Can anyone explain Genesis 10:5 - "By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, and their nations.?"
We see that Enoch walked with God and Noah was righteous. So when was the nation of Jews, or Israelites, formed? Where were they before Genesis 10:5. Where is their root?
It seems that there was only one nation in the beginning until God divided man.
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
