Ashkenazi
90% of the world's jews are Ashkenazi jews
| Descendants of Noah | ||||||
Shem |
Japeth |
Ham | ||||
Arphaxad |
Gomer | Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meschech, Tiras | Cush, Mizraim, Phut, Canaan | |||
Shelah |
Ashkenaz, lived in Shinar in Babylonia |
Riphath, Togarmah | ||||
Eber, descendants are "Hebrews" |
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Peleg |
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Reu |
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Serug |
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Nahor |
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Terah, lived in Haran, now in Turkey |
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| Abraham, lived in Chaldea, on Persian Gulf | ||||||
Isaac |
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| Jacob--10 of 12 tribes named after his sons, descendants known as "Israelites". 10 northern tribes separated from Judaea in 10th century BC, dispersed by Assyrians in 721 BC | Esau & Edom | |||||
| Joseph--lived in Sychar in Samaria, 2 of 12 tribes named after his sons | Tribe of Judah & part of Tribe of Benjamin lived in Judaea, referred to as "jews" | Sephardic Jews | Ashkenaz' descendants constitute 90% of today's "jews" | |||
| Manasseh & Ephraim | David, Captured Zion in 10th Century BC, made it his royal capitol | Descendants are Semites & Hebrews but not Israelites | Descendants are not Semites, Hebrews, nor Israelites | |||
| Solomon | ||||||
| Tribe exiled to Babylonia in 538 BC | ||||||
| Moses led Israelites from Egypt. Replaced by Joshua |
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The Messiah, said of jews "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44 |
Pharisees who lived in Judaea | |||||
| Expelled from Spain in 1492 | 800 to 1200 AD: Khzars became "Ashkenazi Jews" | |||||
| Descendants of Manasseh & Ephraim now in England and US | Recognized in Israel, giving jews in Israel a genetic link to Eber and Shem, but not to Jacob | 90% of today's 15 million "jews", almost half now in US | ||||