OBSERVATION
You may be thinking "We just had a genealogy five chapters ago! Why do I have to read another list of names?!?" Don't forget that Genesis was written by Moses hundreds of years after those events took place. Records were passed down through stories told to future generations. Family trees were important both historically and as status symbols. This is more than just a list of names to the people that heard these. Take a look at the Wikipedia page for "Sons of Noah" or "Table of Nations" and just take a little time clicking a few of the many, many links to see how far the connections of each individual name spreads.
APPLICATION
I see a major difference in these two genealogies. The previous list was our link to God. This genealogy connects us to each other. From a modern day perspective we seem so divided by nationality and race and language and any other difference we can try to make between ourselves. But the reality is that if you go back in your family tree far enough, we are all related. Every conflict that ever happened is really just an extension of sibling rivalry. When I was younger, I used to fight with my older brother all the time. Once I matured our relationship grew into a great friendship. In the same way we need to mature in out attitudes toward people that are "different."
PRAYER
God,
Thank you for your love of all mankind.
Help me to love others as much as you do.
Amen
If you can trace your family tree back to Noah:
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