There have been many attempts to trace the tradition traditional biblical nations to modern day ethnic groups. It is most likely that a credible lineage is no longer possible to achieve and that it may not be all that important. As we will see further in Jewish literature , the "seventy nations" are archetypes for distinct approaches to understanding, sometimes called "seventy paths" to G-d. That being said, we must not loose site lose sight of the connection to region, land, peoplehood, ethnicity and nationality for the purposes of determining legal jurisdiction.
