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1. Cush - the Ethiopians
2. Mizraim – the Egyptians
3. Phut - the Libyans
4. Canaan – the Canaanites

Japheth was Noah’s youngest son. All his descendants settled north of Mesopotamia. He and his wife
had seven sons which became seven nations:

1. Gomer – The Cimmerians settled north of the Black Sea (Germany, France, Spain, British Isles)
2. Magog – the Scythians living north of the Caspian Sea.
3. Madai – the Medes who settled south of the Caspian Sea
4. Javan – the Greeks
5. Tubal – the Turks who lived south of the Black Sea
6. Meshech (The Slavs) lived between the Black and Caspian Seas

Here is a map showing how all the families
of Shem, Ham and Japheth spread out
into Europe, Asia, and Africa after Babel.
(The Etruscans) located wesack Sea.
So, the question is often asked, where did
all the races come from? The answer is a
bit complicated, but let’s see if we can
understand where they came from
biology. When God created Adam, he put
within his chromosomes the possibility of
all the various skin colors in recessive and
dominant genes.

Skin shade is governed by multiple genes and is quite complex, but for the sake of simplicity, assume for
a moment that there are only two. Genes come in pairs of pairs. During reproduction, half of the genes
passed on to the offspring come from each parent. Let’s assign the letters “A” and “B” to the genes that
code for large amounts of melanin—the brown-colored pigment in everyone’s skin (this would be a
dominant gene). We’ll also use the letters “a” and “b” to designate the genes for small amounts of
melanin (This would be a recessive gene). In very dark-skinned people groups, individuals
carry AABB genes and only produce dark-skinned offspring. In very light-skinned people groups,
individuals carry aabb genes and only produce light-skinned offspring.

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