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The Generations of Noah. . 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because his family lay remotest from Israel and had least concern with them at the time when Moses wrote, and therefore he mentions that race very briefly, hastening to give an account of the posterity of Ham, who were Israel's enemies and of Shem, who were Israel's ancestors; for it is the church that the scripture is designed to be the history of, and of the nations of the world only as they were some way or other related to Israel and interested in the affairs of Israel. Observe, 1. Notice is taken that the sons of Noah had sons born to them after the flood, to repair and rebuild the world of mankind which the flood had ruined. He that had killed now makes alive. 2. The posterity of Japheth were allotted to the isles of the Gentiles ( Genesis 10:5 ; Genesis 10:5 ), which were solemnly, by lot, after a survey, divided among them, and probably this island of ours among the rest; all places beyond the sea from Judea are called isles ( Jeremiah 25:22 ), and this directs us to understand that promise ( Isaiah 42:4 ), the isles shall wait for his law, of the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-6-14" class="com-number"
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노아의 후손들의 족보 (기원전 2347년경)
"이것은 노아의 아들들, 곧 셈과 함과 야벳의 족보입니다. 홍수가 끝난 뒤에 그들에게서 아들들이 태어났습니다. 야벳의 아들들은 고멜과 마곡과 마대와 야완과 두발과 메섹과 디라스입니다. 고멜의 아들들은 아스그나스와 리밧과 도갈마입니다. 야완의 아들들은 엘리사와 다시스와 깃딤과 도다님입니다. 이들에게서 여러 민족의 해안 땅들이 갈라져 나왔으며, 그들은 저마다 자기 언어와 가문과 민족을 따라 자기 땅에 자리를 잡았습니다."(WEB)
모세가 야벳의 가문으로 시작하는 것은 그가 맏아들이었기 때문이거나, 또는 그의 가문이 이스라엘과 가장 멀리 있었고 모세가 기록할 당시 이스라엘과 관계가 가장 적었기 때문일 것이다. 그래서 그 계보는 매우 간략히 언급되고, 이스라엘의 적인 함의 후손과 이스라엘의 조상인 셈의 후손을 기술하는 데 서둘러 나아간다. 성경이 역사를 서술하는 목적은 교회를 위함이며, 세상의 나라들은 이스라엘과 어떤 식으로든 관련이 있는 경우에만 언급된다.
다음을 관찰하라. 첫째, 홍수 이후 노아의 아들들에게 아들들이 태어났다는 사실이 기록되어 있다. 이는 홍수로 망가진 인류를 회복하고 재건하기 위함이다. 한때 죽이셨던 분이 이제 살리시는 것이다. 둘째, 야벳의 후손들은 여러 민족의 해안 땅들을 분배받았는데(창 10:5), 측량 후 제비뽑기로 나뉘었다. 아마도 이 섬(영국 등)도 그 중에 포함되었을 것이다. 유다 지방에서 바다 건너 모든 곳은 "섬들"이라 불린다(렘 25:22). 이것은 이사야 42장 4절의 약속인 "섬들이 그의 율법을 기다리리라"는 말씀을, 이방 사람들이 그리스도의 믿음으로 돌아올 것을 가리키는 것으로 이해하게 한다.
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G E N E S I S CHAP. X. This chapter shows more particularly what was said in general ( Genesis 9:19 ; Genesis 9:19 ), concerning the three sons of Noah, that "of them was the whole earth overspread;" and the fruit of that blessing ( Genesis 9:1 ; Genesis 9:7 ), "replenish the earth." Is is the only certain account extant of the origin of nations; and yet perhaps there is no nation but that of the Jews that can be confident from which of these seventy fountains (for so many there are here) it derives its streams. Through the want of early records, the mixtures of people, the revolutions of nations, and distance of time, the knowledge of the lineal descent of the present inhabitants of the earth is lost; nor were any genealogies preserved but those of the Jews, for the sake of the Messiah, only in this chapter we have a brief account, I. Of the posterity of Japheth, Genesis 10:2-5 . II. The posterity of Ham ( Genesis 10:6-20 ), and in this particular notice is taken of Nimrod, Genesis 10:8-10 . III. The posterity of Shem, Genesis 10:21-32 , &c. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-5" class="com-number"
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6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD : wherefore it is said; Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD . 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. That which is observable and improvable in these verses is the account here given of Nimrod, Genesis 10:8-10 ; Genesis 10:8-10 . He is here represented as a great man in his day: He began to be a mighty one in the earth, that is, whereas those that went before him were content to stand upon the same level with their neighbours, and though every man bore rule in his own house yet no man pretended any further, Nimrod's aspiring mind could not rest here; he was resolved to tower above his neighbours, not only to be eminent among them, but to lord it over them. The same spirit that actuated the giants before the flood (who became mighty men, and men of renown, Genesis 6:4 ; Genesis 6:4 ), now revived in him, so soon was that tremendous judgment which the pride and tyranny of those mighty men brought upon the world forgotten. Note, There are some in whom ambition and affectation of dominion seem to be bred in the bone; such there have been and will be, notwithstanding the wrath of God often revealed from heaven against them. Nothing on this side hell will humble and break the proud spirits of some men, in this like Lucifer, Isaiah 14:14 ; Isaiah 14:15 . Now, I. Nimrod was a great hunter; with this he began, and for this became famous to a proverb. Every great hunter is, in remembrance of him, called a Nimrod. 1. Some think he did good with his hunting, served his country by ridding it of the wild beasts which infested it, and so insinuated himself into the affections of his neighbours, and got to be their prince. Those that exercise authority either are, or at least would be called, benefactors, Luke 22:25 . 2. Others think that under pretence of hunting he gathered men under his command, in pursuit of another game he had to play, which was to make himself master of the country and to bring them into subjection. He was a mighty hunter, that is, he was a violent invader of his neighbours' rights and properties, and a persecutor of innocent men, carrying all before him, and endeavouring to make all his own by force and violence. He thought himself a mighty prince, but before the Lord (that is, in God's account) he was but a mighty hunter. Note, Great conquerors are but great hunters. Alexander and Cesar would not make such a figure in scripture-history as they do in common history; the former is represented in prophecy but as a he-goat pushing, Daniel 8:5 . Nimrod was a mighty hunter against the Lord, so the LXX; that is, (1.) He set up idolatry, as Jeroboam did, for the confirming of his usurped dominion. That he might set up a new government, he set up a new religion upon the ruin of the primitive constitution of both. Babel was the mother of harlots. Or, (2.) He carried on his oppression and violence in defiance of God himself, daring Heaven with his impieties, as if he and his huntsmen could out-brave the Almighty, and were a match for the Lord of hosts and all his armies. As if it were a small thing to weary men, he thinks to weary my God also, Isaiah 7:13 . II. Nimrod was a great ruler: The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Genesis 10:10 ; Genesis 10:10 . Some way or other, by arts or arms, he got into power, either being chosen to it or forcing his way to it; and so laid the foundations of a monarchy, which was afterwards a head of gold, and the terror of the mighty, and bade fair to be universal. It does not appear that he had any right to rule by birth; but either his fitness for government recommended him, as some think, to an election, or by power and policy he advanced gradually, and perhaps insensibly, into the throne. See the antiquity of civil government, and particularly that form of it which lodges the sovereignty in a single person. If Nimrod and his neighbours began, other nations soon learned to incorporate under one head for their common safety and welfare, which, however it began, proved so great a blessing to the world that things were reckoned to go ill indeed when there was no king in Israel. III. Nimrod was a great builder. Probably he was architect in the building of Babel, and there he began his kingdom; but, when his project to rule all the sons of Noah was baffled by the confusion of tongues, out of that land he went forth into Assyria (so the margin reads it, Genesis 10:11 ; Genesis 10:11 ) and built Nineveh, &c., that, having built these cities, he might command them and rule over them. Observe, in Nimrod, the nature of ambition. 1. It is boundless. Much would have more, and still cries, Give, give. 2. It is restless. Nimrod, when he had four cities under his command, could not be content till he had four more. 3. It is expensive. Nimrod will rather be at the charge of rearing cities than not have the honour of ruling them. The spirit of building is the common effect of a spirit of pride. 4. It is daring, and will stick at nothing. Nimrod's name signifies rebellion, which (if indeed he did abuse his power to the oppression of his neighbours) teaches us that tyrants to men are rebels to God, and their rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-15-20" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
"함의 아들들은 구스와 미스라임과 붓과 가나안입니다. 구스의 아들들은 스바와 하윌라와 삽다와 라아마와 삽드가입니다. 라아마의 아들들은 스바와 드단입니다. 구스는 니므롯을 낳았는데, 그는 땅에서 강력한 용사가 되기 시작한 사람입니다. 그는 여호와 앞에서 강력한 사냥꾼이었습니다. 그래서 '여호와 앞에서 강력한 사냥꾼인 니므롯과 같다'는 말이 생겼습니다. 그의 나라는 처음에 시날 땅의 바벨과 에렉과 악갓과 갈레에서 시작되었습니다. 그는 그 땅을 떠나 앗시리아로 들어가서 니느웨와 르호봇 이르와 갈라를 세웠고, 또 니느웨와 갈라 사이에 레센을 세웠습니다. 이것이 곧 그 큰 성읍입니다. 미스라임은 루딤과 아나밈과 르하빔과 납두힘과 바드루심과 가슬루힘과 갑도림을 낳았는데, 블레셋 사람이 바로 가슬루힘에게서 나왔습니다."(WEB)
이 구절들에서 특히 주목하고 교훈을 얻을 만한 것은 니므롯에 관한 기록이다(창 10:8~10). 그는 자기 시대에 위대한 인물로 묘사된다.
"그는 땅에서 강력한 용사가 되기 시작한 사람입니다"라는 것은, 그 이전 사람들이 이웃들과 같은 수평선에 서는 데 만족했고, 누구나 자기 집에서는 다스렸지만 그 이상을 넘보지 않았던 것에 반해, 니므롯의 야심찬 마음은 여기에 만족하지 못했음을 의미한다. 그는 이웃들보다 탁월할 뿐 아니라 그들 위에 군림하려 했다. 홍수 이전에 거인들을 움직였던 동일한 정신(창 6:4, "용사가 되었고 명성이 있었다")이 이제 그에게 다시 나타났다. 그 교만과 폭정으로 세상에 무서운 심판을 가져온 것이 이토록 빨리 잊혔던 것이다. 어떤 사람들에게는 야망과 지배욕이 뼛속에 새겨진 듯 보인다. 그런 사람들은 예나 지금이나 있었고 앞으로도 있을 것이다. 어떤 사람들의 교만한 영혼은 지옥 이외에는 굴복시키거나 꺾을 수 없다. 이는 루시퍼와 같다(사 14:14~15).
**I. 니므롯은 위대한 사냥꾼이었다.** 그는 이것으로 시작하여 속담에까지 이름을 남겼다. 큰 사냥꾼은 누구나 그를 기억하여 "니므롯"이라 불릴 정도다.
1. 어떤 이들은 그가 나라를 해치는 맹수들을 제거함으로 선한 일을 했으며, 그렇게 이웃들의 호감을 얻어 그들의 지도자가 되었다고 생각한다. 권세를 행사하는 자들은 스스로를 "은인"이라 부르거나 적어도 그렇게 불리기를 원한다(눅 22:25).
2. 다른 이들은 그가 사냥을 구실로 부하들을 모았으며, 사실은 나라를 장악하고 사람들을 복종시키려는 다른 목표를 위해 그들을 이용했다고 생각한다. 그는 "강력한 사냥꾼"이었는데, 이는 폭력적으로 이웃들의 권리와 재산을 침탈하고, 순수한 사람들을 박해하며, 무력과 폭력으로 모든 것을 자기 것으로 만들려 했음을 의미한다. 그는 스스로를 위대한 왕으로 여겼지만, 여호와 앞에서는(즉, 하나님의 셈법으로는) 그저 "강력한 사냥꾼"에 불과했다. 큰 정복자는 결국 큰 사냥꾼일 뿐이다. 알렉산더나 시저도 성경 역사에서는 세속 역사에서만큼 빛나지 못한다. 전자는 예언에서 다만 뿔로 밀치는 숫염소로 묘사된다(단 8:5). 칠십인역(LXX)에 따르면 니므롯은 "여호와를 거역하는 강력한 사냥꾼"이었다. 곧 (1) 그는 찬탈한 지배권을 굳히기 위해 여로보암처럼 우상숭배를 세웠다. 새 정부를 세우기 위해 원시적 질서를 무너뜨리고 새 종교를 만들었다. "바벨론은 음녀들의 어미"(계 17:5)다. 혹은 (2) 그는 하나님 자신을 무시하며 압제와 폭력을 자행했다. 마치 자신과 사냥꾼들이 전능자, 만군의 여호와와 맞설 수 있는 것처럼 하늘에 대항했다. "사람을 괴롭히는 것을 작은 일로 여겨 나의 하나님도 괴롭히려 하느냐"(사 7:13).
**II. 니므롯은 위대한 통치자였다.** "그의 나라는 처음에 시날 땅의 바벨에서 시작되었습니다"(창 10:10). 어떤 방법으로든, 기술이나 무력으로, 스스로 권력을 잡거나 억지로 차지하여, 그는 권력의 기초를 쌓았다. 이후 황금 머리가 되고 열강의 공포가 될 군주국의 기초를 닦은 것이다. 그가 출생으로 통치권을 가졌다는 증거는 없다. 어쩌면 통치 능력이 선거에서 추천되었거나, 점진적으로, 어쩌면 눈에 띄지 않게 왕좌에 오른 것일 수도 있다. 단일 군주제의 오랜 역사를 보라. 니므롯과 그 이웃들이 시작했다면, 다른 민족들도 이내 배워서 공동의 안전과 복지를 위해 한 수반 아래 뭉쳤다. 그렇게 시작된 것이 결국 큰 복이 되어, "이스라엘에 왕이 없었던" 때는 일이 몹시 나쁘게 돌아갔다고 여겨질 정도가 되었다.
**III. 니므롯은 위대한 건설자였다.** 그는 아마도 바벨 건축의 설계자였을 것이다. 거기서 그의 왕국이 시작되었지만, 언어의 혼란으로 노아의 모든 자손을 다스리려는 계획이 무너지자, "그 땅을 떠나 앗시리아로 들어가서"(창 10:11) 니느웨 등을 세웠다. 성들을 건축하면 그것들을 지배하고 통치할 수 있기 때문이다. 니므롯에게서 야망의 본성을 관찰하라.
1. 야망은 끝이 없다. 많이 가질수록 더 원하며 "달라, 달라"고 외친다.
2. 야망은 쉬지 않는다. 니므롯은 네 성을 다스리면서도 네 성을 더 얻기까지 만족하지 못했다.
3. 야망은 비용을 아끼지 않는다. 니므롯은 차라리 성들을 쌓는 비용을 들일지라도 그것을 통치하는 영예를 누리려 했다. 건축에 대한 열망은 교만한 영혼의 흔한 결과다.
4. 야망은 대담하여 아무것도 물러서지 않는다. '니므롯'이라는 이름은 '반역'을 의미한다. 그가 실제로 권력을 남용하여 이웃들을 억압했다면, 이것은 우리에게 가르쳐 준다 — 사람들에게 폭군인 자는 하나님께 반역자이며, "그 반역은 주술의 죄와 같다"(삼상 15:23).
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15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. Observe here, 1. The account of the posterity of Canaan, of the families and nations that descended from him, and of the land they possessed, is more particular than of any other in this chapter, because these were the nations that were to be subdued before Israel, and their land was in process of time to become the holy land, Immanuel's land; and this God had an eye to when, in the mean time, he cast the lot of that accursed devoted race in that spot of ground which he had selected for his own people; this Moses takes notice of, Deuteronomy 32:8 , When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 2. By this account it appears that the posterity of Canaan were numerous, and rich, and very pleasantly situated; and yet Canaan was under a curse, a divine curse, and not a curse causeless. Note, Those that are under the curse of God may yet perhaps thrive and prosper greatly in this world; for we cannot know love or hatred, the blessing or the curse, by what is before us, but by what is within us, Ecclesiastes 9:1 . The curse of God always works really and always terribly: but perhaps it is a secret curse, a curse to the soul, and does not work visibly, or a slow curse, and does not work immediately; but sinners are by it reserved for, and bound over to, a day of wrath. Canaan here has a better land than either Shem or Japheth, and yet they have a better lot, for they inherit the blessing. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-21-32" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
"가나안은 맏아들 시돈과 헷을 낳았고, 또 여부스 족속과 아모리 족속과 기르가스 족속과 히위 족속과 알가 족속과 신 족속과 아르왓 족속과 스말 족속과 하맛 족속을 낳았습니다. 그 뒤에 가나안 족속의 가문들이 널리 퍼져 나갔습니다. 가나안 족속의 경계는 시돈에서 그랄을 지나 가사에 이르고, 또 소돔과 고모라와 아드마와 스보임을 지나 라사에 이르렀습니다. 이들이 함의 아들들이며, 저마다 자기 가문과 언어와 땅과 민족을 따른 자손입니다."(WEB)
여기서 관찰하라.
1. 이 장의 다른 어떤 족속보다 가나안의 후손, 그들의 가족과 나라, 그들이 차지한 땅에 대한 기록이 더 자세한 것은, 이들이 이스라엘 앞에 정복당해야 할 나라들이었기 때문이다. 그들의 땅은 세월이 지나 거룩한 땅, "임마누엘의 땅"(사 8:8)이 될 것이었다. 하나님께서는 이 저주받은 종족에게 자기 백성을 위해 선택하신 그 땅을 분배하실 때 이 점을 염두에 두셨다. 모세는 이를 신명기 32장 8절에서 언급한다: "지극히 높으신 이가 민족들에게 기업을 주실 때에 인류를 나누실 때에 이스라엘 자손의 수효대로 민족들의 경계를 정하셨도다."
2. 이 기록을 보면 가나안의 후손들은 수가 많고 풍요로웠으며 매우 좋은 곳에 자리 잡았다. 그러나 가나안은 저주 아래 있었다 — 신적 저주, 이유 없는 저주가 아닌 저주 아래. 하나님의 저주 아래 있는 자도 이 세상에서 번성하고 번창할 수 있다. 우리가 누군가를 사랑하시는지 미워하시는지, 축복인지 저주인지를 그 사람 앞에 있는 것으로 알 수 없고, 그 안에 있는 것으로 알 수 있다(전 9:1). 하나님의 저주는 언제나 실제로, 언제나 무섭게 작용한다. 그러나 그것은 비밀스러운 저주, 영혼에 내리는 저주일 수 있어서 겉으로는 드러나지 않을 수도 있고, 더딘 저주여서 즉각 작용하지 않을 수도 있다. 그러나 죄인들은 그것에 의해 진노의 날을 위해 보류되고 묶여 있다. 가나안은 여기서 셈이나 야벳보다 더 좋은 땅을 가졌다. 그러나 셈과 야벳이 더 좋은 운명을 받았으니, 그들은 축복을 상속받기 때문이다.
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21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. Two things especially are observable in this account of the posterity of Shem:-- I. The description of Shem, v. 21. We have not only his name, Shem, which signifies a name, but two titles to distinguish him by:-- 1. He was the father of all the children of Eber. Eber was his great grandson; but why should he be called the father of all his children, rather than of all Arphaxad's, or Salah's, c.? Probably because Abraham and his seed, God's covenant-people, not only descended from Heber, but from him were called Hebrews Genesis 14:13 ; Genesis 14:13 , Abram the Hebrew. Paul looked upon it as his privilege that he was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, Philippians 3:5 . Eber himself, we may suppose, was a man eminent for religion in a time of general apostasy, and a great example of piety to his family; and, the holy tongue being commonly called from him the Hebrew, it is probable that he retained it in his family, in the confusion of Babel, as a special token of God's favour to him; and from him the professors of religion were called the children of Eber. Now, when the inspired penman would give Shem an honourable title, he calls him the father of the Hebrews. Though when Moses wrote this, they were a poor despised people, bond-slaves in Egypt, yet, being God's people, it was an honour to a man to be akin to them. As Ham, though he had many sons, is disowned by being called the father of Canaan, on whose seed the curse was entailed ( Genesis 9:22 ; Genesis 9:22 ), so Shem, though he had many sons, is dignified with the title of the father of Eber, on whose seed the blessing was entailed. Note, a family of saints is more truly honourable than a family of nobles, Shem's holy seed than Ham's royal seed, Jacob's twelve patriarchs than Ishmael's twelve princes, Genesis 17:20 ; Genesis 17:20 . Goodness is true greatness. 2. He was the brother of Japheth the elder, by which it appears that, though Shem is commonly put first, he was not Noah's first-born, but Japheth was older. But why should this also be put as part of Shem's title and description, that he was the brother of Japheth, since it had been, in effect, said often before? And was he not as much brother to Ham? Probably this was intended to signify the union of the Gentiles with the Jews in the church. The sacred historian had mentioned it as Shem's honour that he was the father of the Hebrews; but, lest Japheth's seed should therefore be looked upon as for ever shut out from the church, he here reminds us that he was the brother of Japheth, not in birth only, but in blessing; for Japheth was to dwell in the tents of Shem. Note, (1.) Those are brethren in the best manner that are so by grace, and that meet in the covenant of God and in the communion of saints. (2.) God, in dispensing his grace, does not go by seniority, but the younger sometimes gets the start of the elder in coming into the church; so the last shall be first and the first last. II. The reason of the name of Peleg ( Genesis 10:25 ; Genesis 10:25 ): Because in his days (that is, about the time of his birth, when his name was given him), was the earth divided among the children of men that were to inhabit it; either when Noah divided it by an orderly distribution of it, as Joshua divided the land of Canaan by lot, or when, upon their refusal to comply with that division, God, in justice, divided them by the confusion of tongues: whichsoever of these was the occasion, pious Heber saw cause to perpetuate the remembrance of it in the name of his son; and justly may our sons be called by the same name, for in our days, in another sense, is the earth, the church, most wretchedly divided. return to ' Top of Page ' Genesis Gen 9 Genesis Gen Genesis Gen 11 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. 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pericope/per-gen-10-005 - part_of
pericope/per-gen-10-006
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bible-text/gen-10-21, bible-text/gen-10-22, bible-text/gen-10-23, bible-text/gen-10-24, bible-text/gen-10-25, bible-text/gen-10-26, bible-text/gen-10-27, bible-text/gen-10-28, bible-text/gen-10-29, bible-text/gen-10-30, bible-text/gen-10-31, bible-text/gen-10-32
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source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
"셈에게도 자녀가 태어났는데, 그는 에벨의 모든 자손의 조상이요 야벳의 형이었습니다. 셈의 아들들은 엘람과 앗수르와 아르박삿과 룻과 아람입니다. 아람의 아들들은 우스와 훌과 게델과 마스입니다. 아르박삿은 셀라를 낳았고, 셀라는 에벨을 낳았습니다. 에벨에게는 두 아들이 태어났습니다. 한 아들의 이름은 벨렉인데, 그의 때에 땅이 나뉘었기 때문입니다. 그 동생의 이름은 욕단입니다. 욕단은 알모닷과 셀렙과 하살마웻과 예라와 하도람과 우살과 디글라와 오발과 아비마엘과 스바와 오빌과 하윌라와 요밥을 낳았습니다. 이들이 모두 욕단의 아들들입니다. 그들이 사는 곳은 메사에서 동쪽 산지인 스발에 이르는 지역이었습니다. 이들이 셈의 아들들이며, 저마다 자기 가문과 언어와 땅과 민족을 따른 자손입니다. 이들이 노아의 아들들의 가문이며, 그들의 족보와 민족을 따른 것입니다. 홍수가 끝난 뒤에 이들에게서 여러 민족이 땅에서 갈라져 나왔습니다."(WEB)
셈의 후손 기록에서 특히 두 가지가 주목할 만하다.
**I. 셈에 대한 묘사(21절).** 그의 이름 '셈'은 "이름"을 뜻하는데, 그를 구별하는 두 가지 칭호가 있다.
1. 그는 **에벨의 모든 자손의 아버지**였다. 에벨은 그의 증손자였다. 그런데 왜 아르박삿이나 셀라의 자손이 아니라 에벨의 자손의 아버지로 불리는가? 아마도 아브라함과 그의 후손들, 곧 하나님의 언약 백성이 에벨로부터 내려왔을 뿐 아니라, 에벨로부터 "히브리인"이라는 이름을 취했기 때문일 것이다(창 14:13, "히브리 사람 아브람"). 바울도 "히브리인 중의 히브리인"임을 특권으로 여겼다(빌 3:5). 에벨 자신도 전반적인 배교의 시대에 믿음으로 탁월했으며 그의 가문에 경건의 모범을 보인 인물이었을 것이다. 거룩한 언어가 흔히 그로부터 "히브리어"라 불리는 것도 바벨의 언어 혼란 속에서 하나님의 특별한 은총의 표시로 그 언어를 자기 가정에 보존했기 때문일 것이다. 그로부터 믿음을 고백하는 자들을 "에벨의 자녀들"이라 불렀다. 영감받은 기록자가 셈에게 영예로운 칭호를 붙일 때, 그를 "히브리인의 아버지"라 부른다. 모세가 기록할 당시 그들은 이집트에서 노예로 있는 가련하고 멸시받는 백성이었지만, 하나님의 백성이었기에 그들과 친족 관계에 있다는 것은 영예였다. 함은 많은 아들을 두었지만 저주가 대물림되는 "가나안의 아버지"(창 9:22)로 불리며 외면당했듯이, 셈은 많은 아들을 두었지만 축복이 대물림되는 "에벨의 아버지"라는 칭호로 높임을 받는다. 성도들의 가문이 귀족의 가문보다 더 참되게 고귀하다. 셈의 거룩한 후손이 함의 왕족 후손보다, 야곱의 열두 족장이 이스마엘의 열두 방백보다 더 위대하다(창 17:20). 선함이 참된 위대함이다.
2. 그는 **야벳의 형제**였다. 이로 보면, 셈이 흔히 첫째로 기록되지만 실제로는 야벳이 먼저 태어난 노아의 맏아들이었음을 알 수 있다. 그런데 왜 이것이 셈의 칭호와 묘사의 일부로 언급되는가? 이미 여러 차례 말한 것처럼 그가 함의 형제도 아닌가? 아마도 이것은 이방 사람들이 교회 안에서 유대인들과 연합함을 나타내기 위한 것으로 보인다. 역사가는 셈이 히브리인들의 아버지임을 그의 영예로 언급했지만, 야벳의 후손들이 그 때문에 교회에서 영원히 배제된다고 여기지 않도록, 셈이 단지 출생에서만이 아니라 축복에서도 "야벳의 형제"임을 상기시켜 준다. "야벳이 셈의 장막에 거하게 하시고"(창 9:27)라는 약속이 있었기 때문이다.
주목하라. (1) 은혜로 형제가 된 사람들, 하나님의 언약과 성도의 교제 안에서 만나는 사람들이 가장 좋은 의미에서 형제다. (2) 하나님께서는 은혜를 베푸실 때 서열을 따르지 않으신다. 때로 어린 사람이 교회 안에 들어오는 데 있어 나이 든 사람을 앞지른다. "이와 같이 나중 된 자가 먼저 되고 먼저 된 자가 나중 되리라"(마 20:16).
**II. 벨렉이라는 이름의 이유(창 10:25).** "그의 때에 땅이 나뉘었기 때문입니다"라는 것은 그의 출생 무렵(이름이 주어지던 때)을 가리킨다. 곧 여호수아가 가나안 땅을 제비뽑기로 나눈 것처럼 노아가 땅을 질서 있게 분배했을 때이거나, 아니면 그 분배에 따르기를 거부한 결과 하나님께서 언어의 혼란으로 그들을 나누셨을 때다. 어느 쪽이 계기가 되었든, 경건한 에벨은 아들의 이름으로 그 기억을 영구히 남길 이유를 발견했다. 우리 시대에도 또 다른 의미에서, 곧 교회가 심하게 분열된다는 의미에서, 우리의 아들들이 같은 이름으로 불릴 수 있을 것이다.
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