Ge. 10: Nimrod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, basically we catch our breath here with chapter 10. It tells what becomes of Noah's sons, their offspring, and where they live. Well...let's get on with it!

Japheth had these sons:
-Gomer
--Ashkenaz
--Riphath
--Togarmah
-Magog
-Madai
-Javan
--Elishah
--Tarshish
--the Kittim and the Rodanim (apparently sailors with their own language)
-Tubal
-Meshech
-Tiras

Ham (the Cursed):
-Cush
--Seba
--Havilah
--Sabtah
--Raamah
---Sheba
---Dedan
--Sabteca
-Mizraim
--the Ludites
--Anamites
--Lehabites
--Naphtuhites
--Pathrusites
--Casluhites (ancestors of the Philistines)
--Caphtorites
-Put
-Canaan
--Sidon
--the Hittites
--Jebusites
--Amorites
--Girgashites
--Hivites
--Arkites
--Sinites
--Arvadites
--Zemarites
--Hamathites

Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who was described in the word as a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD, which is why people said "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." Duh!! And apparently in his expansive kingdom, he had centers in Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh which were apparently in Shinar. The names of these towns mean nothing to me at this point. Babylon I've heard of. Nimrod added to his nation-building with Ninevah, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen (also called the great city).

The sons of Canaan scattered from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

Again I'm not sure of what these cities are, or where they are, but...the point is that they had expansive kingdoms. Not bad for someone cursed to slavery by their Great-Grandfather Noah.

Shem
-Elam
-Asshur
-Arphaxad
--Shelah
---Eber
----Peleg (Because of a division. I'm guessing that's between Shem, Ham and Japheth, but I could be wrong. Maybe a division between good and evil?)
----Joktan (his descendants lived in the east hill country.)
-----Almodad
-----Sheleph
----- Hazarmaveth
----- Jerah
----- Hadoram
----- Uzal
-----Diklah
-----Obal
-----Abimael
-----Sheba (possibly named after his great-uncle, the son of Raamah?)
-----Ophir
-----Havilah (possibly named after his great-great-great-uncle, the son of Cush?)
-----Jobab
-Lud
-Aram
--Uz
--Hul
--Gether
--Meshech (possibly named after his uncle, the son of Japheth?)

Apparently, Noah's sons took God's commands to heart from chapter nine. They were fruitful and multiplied. This genealogy must be important for some reason. They also spread out into the world and claimed the land.

Questions for God:
1. Nimrod?
2. Were all the continents really crammed together?