What is the bibles explanation for the different races of man?

Answer 1

Keep in mind that race is an entirely social construct. There is no biological basis for race. All human beings are of the same species, which is the narrowest a group can be taxinomically defined.

Although there is no direct mention of race (as opposed to "nationality"), Puppy and Trace have it right. After the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, the people present scattered to the ends of the earth. As geographic location can determine traits such as the hue of skin, this could (indirectly) be a mention of "race."

Answer 2

the purpose of the bible is to present God's Word - his revelations, prophesies, laws, and history of his people. it is not intended to be a science book, although there are some science matters that are addressed there.

Genetically within all of us , is the potential to be any race. This has been true since Adam.. which genes are expressed are dependent upon the cell and outer environment and the presence of transcription factors ( proteins) which are present. Noah's son Ham was black, although his other 2 sons were not...intermarriage between distinct groups also help to express genes that would normally be silent.

Answer 3

The Bible does not have the notion of race. Rather in Acts it is said that we are all of ONE BLOOD, which means we are of only one race, the human race. We simply form people groups and over time similar genetic traits express themsevles. The colour of our skin is due to the amount of the pigment melanin we have, the more the darker, it is simply shades of the same colour.

Answer 4

God created them and gave them their unique identity. The Bible says, "From one man (Adam) he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live" (Acts 17:26).

But God did not create the strife between races, nor did He intend for it to be that way. Strife between races and ethnic groups comes from sin—and sin resides in the human heart. The Bible says, "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?" (James 4:1). When one group or one race claims it is superior to another, pride has taken control—and pride is a sin.

Instead, God wants us to learn to accept each other and love each other—and this becomes possible, as we turn our lives over to Christ and allow Him to change us from within. When we allow sin to rule us, we easily give in to hate and anger. But Christ's Spirit gives us love, even for those we once despised. The Bible says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love" (Galatians 5:22).

It has often been said that the ground at the foot of the cross is level—and it is true. No matter who we are, we need Christ's forgiveness and grace. Have you come to Him for the forgiveness and new life He offers?

Answer 5

We are all made "of one blood." Then the Bible account of the origin of man is true. The Book of Genesis is right. The whole family of mankind, with all its thousand millions, has descended from one pair—from Adam and Eve.

Answer 6

Have you ever thought that maybe God sees no difference in the races. After all it is just shading.

Answer 7

Gen. 5:1, 2; 1:28: “In the day of God’s creating Adam he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them. After that he blessed them and called their name Man [or, Mankind] in the day of their being created.” “God blessed them and God said to them: ‘Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth.’” (Thus all mankind are descendants of that first human pair, Adam and Eve.)

Acts 17:26: “[God] made out of one man [Adam] every nation of men, to dwell upon the entire surface of the earth.” (So, regardless of what races make up a nation, they all are offspring of Adam.)

Gen. 9:18, 19: “Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth. . . . These three were Noah’s sons, and from these was all the earth’s population spread abroad.” (After God destroyed the ungodly world by means of a global flood in Noah’s day, the earth’s new population, including all the races known today, developed from the offspring of Noah’s three sons and their wives.)

Answer 8

When the Bible was made up they didn't know about the other races or dinosaurs.

Answer 9

remember the story of the tower of babel the king built a huge tower and at the top of the tower he shot a arrow at heaven and god caused all men to speak another language and they scattered across the earth

Answer 10

Desendents of Ham son of Noah who was married to Egyptus a decendent of cain and therefore marked (black). Doesn't anyone look anything or is shooting off at the mouth about something you know nothing about the norm now. In my day it was called iggnorant and lazy.