The Table of Nations: The Table of Nations presents a geographic picture of the nations as they occupied the earth at the end of the primeval age. The peoples, all descended from Noah, were divided into three major groups according to their lineage from each of Noah’s sons. The geography in this table covers parts of Asia, Europe, and Africa, from the Iranian plateau in the east to the Mediterranean coastlands in the west, from the Black Sea in the north to Somalia in Africa. The locus is Canaan, the future land of Israel.

The names in this table include personal names (Japheth and Nimrod), gentilics for tribal groups (Hamite and Amorite), place names (Kittim and Sidon), countries (Egypt), and professions (Canaanites, or traders). The bonds connecting the subgroups vary. Some have a common …