In Genesis Chapter Five, before the great flood that covered all the earth, we read "the generations of Adam," which recorded Adam's descendants from his son Seth up to Noah and his three sons. Now, after the flood, we read "the generations of the sons of Noah."
After the flood, the earth was renewed and ready to be replenished and repopulated. This time four "Adams" (Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth) would be the root of all generations to come. We are all descendants from one of these four branches of mankind. These four men were all descended from one man Adam, they were all from a "single branch." After the flood, the branch of Adam shoots out in four directions. "... and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." (Gen 10:32).
We are all descended from Adam. We are all descended from Noah. But we are not all descended from Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
~dkg
After the flood, the earth was renewed and ready to be replenished and repopulated. This time four "Adams" (Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth) would be the root of all generations to come. We are all descendants from one of these four branches of mankind. These four men were all descended from one man Adam, they were all from a "single branch." After the flood, the branch of Adam shoots out in four directions. "... and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." (Gen 10:32).
We are all descended from Adam. We are all descended from Noah. But we are not all descended from Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
~dkg