Chapter 10
1This is the account of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
5From these the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages by clans within their nations.
6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9He was a mighty hunter before AO so it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before AO.”
10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
11From that land he went forth into Assyria where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
14the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and the Caphtorites.
15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn and of the Hittites,
16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later, the Canaanite clans were scattered
19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.
20These [are] the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands and nations.
21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother [of] Japheth. [Shem] was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah and Shelah was the father of Eber.
25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided and his brother was named Joktan.
26And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah
27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these [were] sons of Joktan.
30Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country.
31These are the sons of Shem according to their clans, languages, lands and nations.
32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons according to their generations and nations. From these spread out the nations of the earth after the flood.