The Lines of Japheth and Ham

Earlier I pointed out how the Bible supports the idea that Adam was created around 6,000 years by looking at the genealogy from Adam to Noah and then from Shem to Abram.

I wanted to bring in two more genealogies. These are not as important biblically because the Bible is focused on the line that leads to Christ, that is Shem's line. But they still prove my point that the genealogical records in the Bible do not support thousand year gaps in the genealogical record. 

The Line of Japheth
Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. From these three sons and their wives the entire earth was repopulated following the flood. Here are the places where we see Japheth's line mentioned in the Scripture

Genesis 10:2-4 (Japheth’s line) (2)  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (3)  The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (4)  The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

I Chron. 1:5-7 (Japheth’s Line) (5)  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (6)  The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. (7)  The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

These are exactly the same word for word.  Japheth, Gomer, or Javan are not mentioned in any other passages. Now I understand this is only three generations, Japheth, his sons, and his grandsons. But the point still stands. There is no evidence of gaps in the genealogy of these men. I Chronicles written hundreds of years after Moses gives us the same list as Genesis does. 

Here are the two places Ham's line is mentioned. I highlighted the corresponding questions in the same color to make them easier to read. I also took out the extended section about Nimrod in Genesis 10:9-12. 

Gen 10:6-8, 13-18 (Ham’s Line) (6)  The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. (7)  The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. (8)  Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. (13)  Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, (14)  Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. (15)  Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, (16)  and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, (17)  the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, (18)  the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites..

1Chron. 1:8-16 Ham’s Line (8)  The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. (9)  The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. (10)  Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man. (11)  Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, (12)  Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. (13)  Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, (14)  and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, (15)  the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, (16)  the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

This is a similar situation to Japheth's line. It goes from father, to son, to grandsons. There are no further mentions of Cush, Egypt, or Canaan as men in the Old Testament to compare this genealogy to. This one is also more complicated because tribes are listed not just men. But there is no proof in either list of gaps in the genealogy.