If only Noahs family survived a global flood, where did the other races of people come from?
The following verse explains where the people came from after the flood. Genesis 9:1 “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.” As far as where the different “races” came from, the Bible does not explicitly give us the origin of the different “races” or skin colors of humanity. In actuality, there is only one race—the human race. Within the human race is a diversity in skin color and other physical characteristics. Some speculate that when God confused the languages at the tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), He also instituted racial diversity. It is possible that God made genetic changes to humanity to better enable people to survive in different ecologies, such as Africans being better equipped genetically to survive the excessive heat in Africa. According to this view, God confused the languages, causing humanity to segregate linguistically, and then created genetic racial differences based on where each racial group wou
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