A. Noah's descendants and related events
1. Son's to overspread the earth - Genesis 9:18-19
2. Descendant listed - Genesis 10:32; 1
a. Sons of Japheth - Genesis 10:2-5; 1 Chronicles 1:5-7
b. Sons of Ham - Genesis 10:6-20; 1 Chronicles 1:8-23; 1 Chronicles 1:17
(1) Birth of Arphaxad (53rd Gen) - 11 Chronicles 1:24; Genesis 11:10
(a) Noah's vineyard and drunkenness - Genesis 9:20-21
(b) Curse of Ham - Genesis 9:22-27
(2) Birth of Salah (52nd Gen) - Genesis 11:12, 10:24; 1 Chronicles 1:18
(3) Birth of Eber (51st Gen) - Genesis 11:14
Begin Parallel Passages
B. Joktan and Peleg (50th Gen) - Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19, 25; Genesis 11:16
Lineage of Peleg Lineage of Joktan
1. Birth of Reu (49th Gen) - Genesis 11:18 Genesis 10:26-30; 1 Chronicles 1:20-23
2. Birth of Serug (48th Gen) - Genesis 11:20
End Parallel Passages
C. Tower of Babel - Genesis 11:1-9
D. Noah's descendants continued and related events
1. Birth of Nahor I (47th Gen) - 1 Chronicles 1:26; Genesis 11:22
2. Birth of Terah (46th Gen) - Genesis 11:24
3. Death of Nimrod the founder of Babylon (apx 172 years) ~ 2032 B.C.
E. Abram's ancestry and related events
1. Birth of Terah's sons - Genesis 11:26
a. Birth of Haran and Job (apx) - 2027 B.C.
b. Birth of Nahor II - 1997 B.C. (R) C 2000 B.C. (K)
2. Early history of Job - Job 1:1-5
3. Death of Peleg (239 years) - Genesis 11:19
4. Death of Nahor I (148 years) - Genesis 11:25
5. Death of Noah (950) years - Genesis 9:28-29
6. Birth of Abram (45th Gen) - 1 Chronicles 1:27
7. Birth of Lot, Haran's son - Genesis 11:27
Nimrod - son of Cush, son of Ham, son of Noah.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (Genesis 10:8)
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. (Genesis 10:9)
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:10)
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. (1 Chronicles 1:10)
I went on a hunt for more information about Nimrod, but will start with Gill's commentary on the 10:8 passage ~ warning ~ it is lengthy: :-D
And Cush begat Nimrod,.... Besides the other five sons before mentioned; and probably this was his youngest son, being mentioned last; or however he is reserved to this place, because more was to be spoken of him than of any of the rest. Sir Walter Raleigh (i) thinks that Nimrod was begotten by Cush after his other children were become fathers, and of a later time than some of his grandchildren and nephews: and indeed the sons of Raamah, the fourth son of Cush, are taken notice of before him: however, the Arabic writers (k) must be wrong, who make him to be the son of Canaan, whereas it is so clear and express from hence that he was the son of Cush. In the Greek version he is called Nebrod, and by Josephus, Nebrodes, which is a name of Bacchus; and indeed Nimrod is the same with the Bacchus of the Heathens, for Bacchus is no other than Barchus, the son of Cush; and Jacchus, which is another of his names in Jah of Cush, or the god the son of Cush; and it is with respect to his original name Nebrod, or Nebrodes, that Bacchus is represented as clothed with the skin of νεβρις, "nebris", or a young hind, as were also his priests; and so in his name Nimrod there may be an allusion to נמרא, "Nimra", which, in the Chaldee language, signifies a tiger, and which kind of creatures, with others, he might hunt; tigers drew in the chariot of Bacchus, and he was sometimes clothed with the skin of one; though the name of Nimrod is usually derived from מרד, "to rebel", because he was a rebel against God, as is generally said; and because, as Jarchi observes, he caused all the world to rebel against God, by the advice he gave to the generation of the division, or confusion of languages, the builders of Babel: he seems to be the same with Belus, the founder of Babel and of the Babylonian empire, whom Diodorus Siculus (l) confounds with Ninus his son:
he began to be a mighty man in the earth: that is, he was the first that formed a plan of government, and brought men into subjection to it; and so the Jews (m) make him to be the first king after God; for of the ten kings they speak of in the world, God is the first, and Nimrod the second; and so the Arabic writers (n) say, he was the first of the kings that were in the land of Babylon; and that, seeing the figure of a crown in the heaven, he got a golden one made like it, and put it on his head; hence it was commonly reported, that the crown descended to him from heaven; for this refers not to his gigantic stature, as if he was a giant, as the Septuagint render it; or a strong robust man, as Onkelos; nor to his moral character, as the Targum of Jonathan, which is,"he began to be mighty in sin, and to rebel before the Lord in the earth;''but to his civil character, as a ruler and governor: he was the first that reduced bodies of people and various cities into one form of government, and became the head of them; either by force and usurpation, or it may be with the consent of the people, through his persuasion of them, and on account of the mighty and heroic actions done by him.
(i) History of the World, B. 1. ch. 10. sect. 1. p. 109. (k) Elmacinus, p. 29. apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 270. See the Universal History, vol. 1. p. 276. (l) Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 90. (m) Pirke Eliezer, c. 11. (n) Elmacinus, p. 29. Patricides, p. 16. apud Hottinger. Smegma, p. 271, 272. Abulpharag. Hist. Dynast. p. 18.
~*~*~ A few sites with some additional information (Note - I do not vet websites, this is not an endorsement of the authors and/or websites, I am simply sharing what I unearthed as I started searching).
The Two Babylons
Babylon in the Church - I have only read chapter 5 wherein the author references the above book, plus another one, Babylon Mystery Religion written by Woodrow. As I searched for the book, I found that the author had recanted his previous position, pulling the book from print. His refutation can be found in this article, A Case Study in Poor Methodology.
Another author who traces sun worship back to Nimrod is Richard Reeves in his book Too Long in the Sun.
This is most definitely an area in much need of prayer, study and seeking the Lord in understanding what is and is not acceptable to Him.
Peleg - division - some contend that the earth was physically divided during this time, while others state that it was the Tower of Babel and the division into different tribes, cultures, etc. The Institute for Creation Research had this article, The Ice Age: Causes and Consequences which addresses some of the questions.
Answers in Genesis had this article, In the days of Peleg which I found interesting.
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