Kabbalah sa Genesis 10:32: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

Consider this. From the day that the world was created, Noah was the first man fitted to be joined in union with the ark and to enter it, and until they were joined the world had not yet reached a stable condition. But once this had happened we read “From these all the earth was overspread” (Gen. 10, 32). These words are analogous to the expression “And from thence the river parted” (Ibid. 2, 10), of the Garden of Eden, which indicate that from this point there was a parting and diffusion of progeny into all quarters of the world.

Now, if you ask, “What is the meaning of the words, ‘upon Your city and upon Your people’?” Know that the ministering angels above have two aspects below. One aspect is in the earth itself, meaning, in that place on earth that is under the dominion of that minister. The other aspect is in the nation, meaning, in the nation that dwells in that land. We thus find that each of the seventy ministering angels has a known portion on earth, and a known portion in the nations. This is the mystery of the seventy families of the descendants of Noach that are listed toward the end of the Torah portion of Noach, concluding with the verse,¹⁶⁹Genesis 10:32 “These are the families of Noach’s descendants according to their generations, by their nations; and from these, the nations were separated on the earth after the Flood.” The word “separated-Nifredoo-נפרדו” here, refers to their dispersion. For, at the time of the dispersion, all the nations were separated to their languages and lands, as it states,¹⁷⁰Genesis 11:9 “From there HaShem-יהו״ה scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” And at the time of the dispersion, each nation was separated to its specific ministering angel, as it states,¹⁷¹Daniel 10:20 “Now I will return to do battle with the minister of Persia; then I will depart. But behold – the minister of Greece approaches.” At that time, each ministering angel took its portion of the earth and its portion of the nations. HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, also took His portion. From the earth, He took Jerusalem as His portion, and from mankind He took the children of Israel as His portion, as it states,¹⁷²Deuteronomy 32:8 “When the Supreme One gave the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of man,” and then continues,¹⁷³Deuteronomy 32:9 “For HaShem’s-יהו״ה portion is His people.” Thus, since HaShem’s-יהו״ה portion of the earth is Jerusalem, and His portion in the nations are the Jewish people, the Name HaShem-יהו״ה is thus proclaimed upon Jerusalem and upon the Jewish people. This is the secret of the verse,¹⁷⁴Daniel 9:19 “For Your Name is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people.”