The Table of Nations, or the Sons of Noah, is an extensive list of descendents of Noah appearing in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, representing a traditional ethnology.
During the Flood, the population of the Earth was completely destroyed, because of the wickedness, and Noah and his family were the sole eight survivors to continue and repopulate the human race.
All humans on Earth are descended from Noah' family.
The present population of the world was desended from Noah' three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their wives.
According to Genesis 10, Noah had three sons:
- Shem, the forefather of the Semitic people.
- Ham, the forefather of the Hamitic people.
- Japheth, the forefather of the Japhetic people.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- Genesis 10:1
