اَلتَّكْوِينُ 10

١ 1 وَهَذِهِ مَوَالِيدُ بَنِي نُوحٍ: سَامٌ وَحَامٌ وَيَافَثُ. وَوُلِدَ لَهُمْ بَنُونَ بَعْدَ ٱلطُّوفَانِ.

The following are the genealogies of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had sons born to them after the flood.

٢ 2 بَنُو يَافَثَ: جُومَرُ وَمَاجُوجُ وَمَادَاي وَيَاوَانُ وَتُوبَالُ وَمَاشِكُ وَتِيرَاسُ.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

٣ 3 وَبَنُو جُومَرَ: أَشْكَنَازُ وَرِيفَاثُ وَتُوجَرْمَةُ.

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

٤ 4 وَبَنُو يَاوَانَ: أَلِيشَةُ وَتَرْشِيشُ وَكِتِّيمُ وَدُودَانِيمُ.

The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

٥ 5 مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ تَفَرَّقَتْ جَزَائِرُ ٱلْأُمَمِ بِأَرَاضِيهِمْ، كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَلِسَانِهِ حَسَبَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ بِأُمَمِهِمْ.

The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.

٦ 6 وَبَنُو حَامٍ: كُوشُ وَمِصْرَايِمُ وَفُوطُ وَكَنْعَانُ.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

٧ 7 وَبَنُو كُوشَ: سَبَا وَحَوِيلَةُ وَسَبْتَةُ وَرَعْمَةُ وَسَبْتَكَا. وَبَنُو رَعْمَةَ: شَبَا وَدَدَانُ.

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

٨ 8 وَكُوشُ وَلَدَ نِمْرُودَ ٱلَّذِي ٱبْتَدَأَ يَكُونُ جَبَّارًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ،

Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on earth.

٩ 9 ٱلَّذِي كَانَ جَبَّارَ صَيْدٍ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. لِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ: «كَنِمْرُودَ جَبَّارُ صَيْدٍ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ».

He was a powerful fighter who defied the Lord; which is why there's the expression, “Like Nimrod, a powerful fighter who defied the Lord.”

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ ٱبْتِدَاءُ مَمْلَكَتِهِ بَابِلَ وَأَرَكَ وَأَكَّدَ وَكَلْنَةَ، فِي أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ.

His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.

١١ 11 مِنْ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ خَرَجَ أَشُّورُ وَبَنَى نِينَوَى وَرَحُوبُوتَ عَيْرَ وَكَالَحَ

From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

١٢ 12 وَرَسَنَ، بَيْنَ نِينَوَى وَكَالَحَ، هِيَ ٱلْمَدِينَةُ ٱلْكَبِيرَةُ.

and Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

١٣ 13 وَمِصْرَايِمُ وَلَدَ: لُودِيمَ وَعَنَامِيمَ وَلَهَابِيمَ وَنَفْتُوحِيمَ

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

١٤ 14 وَفَتْرُوسِيمَ وَكَسْلُوحِيمَ. ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجَ مِنْهُمْ فِلِشْتِيمُ وَكَفْتُورِيمُ.

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (ancestors of the Philistines).

١٥ 15 وَكَنْعَانُ وَلَدَ: صِيْدُونَ بِكْرَهُ، وَحِثًّا

Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

١٦ 16 وَٱلْيَبُوسِيَّ وَٱلْأَمُورِيَّ وَٱلْجِرْجَاشِيَّ

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

١٧ 17 وَٱلْحِوِّيَّ وَٱلْعَرْقِيَّ وَٱلسِّينِيَّ

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

١٨ 18 وَٱلْأَرْوَادِيَّ وَٱلصَّمَارِيَّ وَٱلْحَمَاتِيَّ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تَفَرَّقَتْ قَبَائِلُ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّ.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite tribes spread out

١٩ 19 وَكَانَتْ تُخُومُ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّ مِنْ صَيْدُونَ، حِينَمَا تَجِيءُ نَحْوَ جَرَارَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَحِينَمَا تَجِيءُ نَحْوَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَأَدْمَةَ وَصَبُويِيمَ إِلَى لَاشَعَ.

and the territory of the Canaanites stretched from Sidon towards Gerar and all the way to Gaza, then towards Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, all the way to Lasha.

٢٠ 20 هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو حَامٍ حَسَبَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ كَأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ بِأَرَاضِيهِمْ وَأُمَمِهِمْ.

These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.

٢١ 21 وَسَامٌ أَبُو كُلِّ بَنِي عَابِرَ، أَخُو يَافَثَ ٱلْكَبِيرُ، وُلِدَ لَهُ أَيْضًا بَنُونَ.

Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

٢٢ 22 بَنُو سَامٍ: عِيلَامُ وَأَشُّورُ وَأَرْفَكْشَادُ وَلُودُ وَأَرَامُ.

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

٢٣ 23 وَبَنُو أَرَامَ: عُوصُ وَحُولُ وَجَاثَرُ وَمَاشُ.

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

٢٤ 24 وَأَرْفَكْشَادُ وَلَدَ شَالَحَ، وَشَالَحُ وَلَدَ عَابِرَ.

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.

٢٥ 25 وَلِعَابِرَ وُلِدَ ٱبْنَانِ: ٱسْمُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ فَالَجُ لِأَنَّ فِي أَيَّامِهِ قُسِمَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ. وَٱسْمُ أَخِيهِ يَقْطَانُ.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; the name of his brother was Joktan.

٢٦ 26 وَيَقْطَانُ وَلَدَ: أَلْمُودَادَ وَشَالَفَ وَحَضَرْمَوْتَ وَيَارَحَ

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

٢٧ 27 وَهَدُورَامَ وَأُوزَالَ وَدِقْلَةَ

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

٢٨ 28 وَعُوبَالَ وَأَبِيمَايِلَ وَشَبَا

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

٢٩ 29 وَأُوفِيرَ وَحَوِيلَةَ وَيُوبَابَ. جَمِيعُ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو يَقْطَانَ.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. These were all sons of Joktan.

٣٠ 30 وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُهُمْ مِنْ مِيشَا حِينَمَا تَجِيءُ نَحْوَ سَفَارَ جَبَلِ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ.

They lived in the land lying between Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east.

٣١ 31 هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو سَامٍ حَسَبَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ كَأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ بِأَرَاضِيهِمْ حَسَبَ أُمَمِهِمْ.

These were the sons of Shem, according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nations.

٣٢ 32 هَؤُلَاءِ قَبَائِلُ بَنِي نُوحٍ حَسَبَ مَوَالِيدِهِمْ بِأُمَمِهِمْ. وَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ تَفَرَّقَتِ ٱلْأُمَمُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ ٱلطُّوفَانِ.

These were all the tribes descended from Noah's sons, according to their genealogies and national groups. From these ancestors the different nations of the earth spread around the world after the flood.