Another intriguing pattern hiding among the lists of descendants.

Genesis 10
-The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
-These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity. Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups.
-All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.

Diversity
Thousands of races and languages. It fascinates me because when the ark landed on the top of Mount Ararat, there was just one family. A father and mother, their sons and their wives. Out of those individuals, scripture tells us all the nations of the earth were born. Fascinating! Oh to have been part of the watching heavenly realm as this process took place. Changes in language, appearance and color. Think about it. Over a relatively short period of time, the variety and changes that took place. Does God and his creativity ever cease to amaze?

But at the same time - why? Why were people divided into different appearnces, languages and cultures? Was it simply to show God's diversity? Since man was created in His image, was this simply a process to show God's multi facets? Or was this a pre-cursor to chapter 11 where we learn about the Tower of Babel and man's desires for power and control? Was this just setting the stage for that change to happen?