Day 1
We ended Genesis 9, and now we are starting Genesis 10! In preparation for the lessons to come, let’s read all of Genesis 10 to your Tiny Arrows!
Day 2
We are now talking about Noahs three sons; Shem, Ham and Japheth! Today let’s read Genesis 10:1 and color the coloring page!
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. – Genesis 10:1 NIV
Day 3
The name Japheth means, enlargement or may he expand! Today let’s read Genesis 10:2 and grab a handful of 8 small and similar objects. Let’s put the first one down and say that it is Japheth. Then let’s put the 2nd-8th objects down and name each one of Japheth’s sons. Japheth’s clan is expanding with so many sons!
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. – Genesis 10:2 NIV
Day 4
Japheth’s first son was named Gomer! His name means complete! Let’s read Genesis 10:3 then cut out the coloring sheet and make a pie chart! Let’s glue the first slice down named Gomer, then glue the rest of his sons around him to form a circle! With Gomer and his sons they make a complete circle!
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.- Genesis 10:3 NIV
Day 5
Japheth’s fourth son was named Javen! According to legend, Javen was the father of the Greek people! Today let’s read Genesis 10:4 then color and draw a line from the mountains of Ararat, where the ark landed, to Greece!
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. – Genesis 10:4 NIV
Day 6
The sons of Javan were sailors! They traveled on boats! Today let’s read Genesis 10:5 and pretend to be on a boat! Grab a box and decorate it, pretend your couch is a boat or whatever you can think of and pretend to sail from port to port and see different people!
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.) – Genesis 10:5 NIV
Day 7
Today we are going over Noah’s next son Ham, and his family. In Hebrew, Ham means hot! Today let’s read Genesis 10:6 then go find something that is hot and something that is cold! Opposites!
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan. – Genesis 10:6 NIV
Day 8
Ham’s first son was named Cush! His name means blackness! Today let’s read Genesis 10:7 and do some more opposites! Find something that is black, and something that is white! Opposites!
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. – Genesis 10:7 NIV
Day 9
Cush’s fourth son was named Raamah. His name means exalted or thunder! Today let’s read Genesis 10:7 and find some blocks or something that stacks high. You will need three for this activity. Then let’s take a piece of paper and write Raamah on one, Sheba on one and Dedan on one. Cut and tape the names to each block. Have your Tiny Arrow put Raamah’s block down first then Sheba’s, and last Dedan’s. Then let the blocks fall and see if it is loud like thunder!
The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. – Genesis 10:7 NIV
Day 10
Cush had a son named Nimrod! Nimrod was a mighty hunter! Today let’s read Genesis 10:8-9 and color the coloring page!
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” – Genesis 10:8-9 NIV
Day 11
Nimrod was not only a mighty warrior, he built cities! Today let’s read Genesis 10:10-12 and build a city! You can make one out of blocks or objects, or even draw one!
The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh, in Shinar. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city. – Genesis 10:10-12 NIV
Day 12
Ham had a son named Egypt! His name means fortress! Today let’s read Genesis 10:13-14 and either make a fort or draw and color a fortress!
Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites. – Genesis 10:13-14 NIV
Day 13
Ham’s son Canaan means merchant or trader. Today let’s read Genesis 10:15-18 then draw and color what you would want to sell at a booth!
Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. – Genesis 10:15-18 NIV
Day 14
The people didn’t stay in one spot, they moved around! Today let’s read Genesis 10:19 and look a map. Draw lines from the cities and see what this country reminds us of! Israel!
Later the Canaanite clans scattered and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha. – Genesis 10:19 NIV
Day 15
Let’s remember the sons of Ham compared to the sons of Japheth. The sons of Japheth spread out north and west, and the discovered new places by traveling on the sea! The sons of Ham traveled south and west and built cities! Today lets read Genesis 10:19-20 then talk about what we would have done after we had left the ark then draw it!
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. – Genesis 10:19-20 NIV
Day 16
Shem’s name means name, but it’s more like to have a good name. It is like to have good character. Today let’s read Genesis 10:21 then color the coloring page and write Shem’s name!
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. – Genesis 10:21 NIV
Day 17
Shem had 5 sons! Let’s read Genesis 10:22 then write down Shems sons names and what they mean!
The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. – Genesis 10:22 NIV
Day 18
Shem’s sons Aram’s name means highness and magnificence. Today let’s read Genesis 10:23 and think about the people who are magnificent and what makes them that way!
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek. – Genesis 10:23 NIV
Day 19
Shem’s sons Arphaxad’s name means healer! Today let’s read Genesis 10:24 and play doctor!
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. – Genesis 10:24 NIV
Day 20
Eber’s name means one that passes or anger. Today let’s read Genesis 10:25 then make some the faces smile because they are happy, some frown because the are sad, and some have an angry face!
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided, his brother was named Joktan. – Genesis 10:25 NIV
Day 21
Shem’s great grandson Joktan’s name means small dispute. A small dispute is when we don’t agree about something small! Joktan also had 13 sons! Could you imagine having so many brothers? Today let’s read Genesis 10:26-29 and ask your Tiny Arrows if they can think about a small dispute between Joesph and his brothers. Joseph’s brothers wanted to kill Joseph because he was a dreamer and led to Joesph being sold as a slave to Egypt!
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. – Genesis 10:26-29 NIV
Day 22
All Joktan and his children traveled east! They went towards Saudi Arabia! Today let’s read Genesis 10:30 and look at a map or a globe to see where Saudi Arabia is! This is also where Mount Sinai was—where Moses saw God on the mountain!
The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country. – Genesis 10:30 NIV
Day 23
In the Genesis 10:21-29 they name 26 of Shem’s sons and descendants. Today let’s read Genesis 10:31 then see if your Tiny Arrow can count to 26 or help them by using small objects!
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. – Genesis 10:31 NIV
Day 24
We have been going over Noah’s sons and grandsons and all their names! Today let’s read Genesis 10:32 and go through all the names of the sons of Shem, Ham and Japheth and count how many we find! Remember Shem had 26!
These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood. – Genesis 10:32 NIV
Day 25
All of Noah’s sons spread out and moved to different locations! Today let’s wrap up the Table of Nations and remind our Tiny Arrows about Shem, Ham and Japheth and look at the map! These are the areas that their children moved to after the flood! Trace the circles and color it in!
Day 26
Today let’s reread Genesis 10 and remember the activities and verses we learned!