Genesis 10:31

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations belongs to the most ancient and the most comprehensive history possessed by humanity. It comes fresh from the Fountain of eternal truth, and its purity has been preserved throughout the ages by a divine hand. It lights up the far-distant past where human research seeks in vain to penetrate on its own. It is part of the only authentic account of the origin of nations. It belongs to the only history of the human race unsullied by human pride or prejudice.

As part of that history, it shares in the Bible's work as an educator without a rival. It stands joined to the revelation of the power that laid the foundations of the earth and stretched out the heavens.