Beginning of the Nations

Genesis 10:1-5 

1 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

As the earth was beginning to be repopulated, the scriptures tell us the genealogies of Noah’s sons.  The first ones mentioned are the children of Japheth, where the lineages of two out of the seven total are described further.  Only the sons of Gomer and Javan are pointed out, and those of Javan lived along the coastal lands.  These separated into nations which were now beginning to form as the populations grew.  Some consider these to be mainly the Greeks.  What is important is that the beginning of countries is recorded here in the beginning of history after the flood, and that the descendants of Javan are mentioned the least in comparison to those following of Shem and Ham.