Something from Genesis 10 caught my attention, and made me think. Genesis 10 describes the world after the end of the flood. There are not many people. Noah, Shem, Ham, Lapheth and their wives and children. I don't know why their wives are not named.
Genealogy was very important in ancient times. It still is. There is some innate desire in humanity to know where we come from. DNA analysis has become more popular, even with the associated danger of misuse of the data - which has already happened. People really want to know to whom they are related.
We can tell where we really came from, our origin. It is clearly explained in God's word. All humanity shares common ancestors. Whether we like it or not, we are all cousins, so many times removed.
When we say the family of man, God really means it; we are all family. It makes no sense for family to hurt each other in the name of country or religion, when God has made us all family.
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