These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.
This is one of those chapters that people hate to read. Person A was the father of person B, who was the father of persons C and D, etc. Given that this chapter doesn't even have any time lengths listed, it's not all that interesting reading. However, this verse caught my attention.
Out of all the people who lived before the Flood, we know almost nothing of them. Anything we do know is kinda useless, since all remnants of their civilization were wiped out. The human race was down to 3 brothers, their wives, and Noah and his wife (who apparently did not have any more kids). So out of 3 monogamous couples, enough people to be called nations came. Given all the fears today of genetic inbreeding being dangerous and such, that amount of stable procreation is amazing. Modern geneticists would say that's probably impossible, that there would be too high a probability of them being wiped out.
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