اَلتَّكْوِينُ 10

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

And these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and sons are born to them after the flood.

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

Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

٣ 3 وَبَنُو جُومَرَ: أَشْكَنَازُ وَرِيفَاثُ وَتُوجَرْمَةُ.

And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

٤ 4 وَبَنُو يَاوَانَ: أَلِيشَةُ وَتَرْشِيشُ وَكِتِّيمُ وَدُودَانِيمُ.

And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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

By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

٦ 6 وَبَنُو حَامٍ: كُوشُ وَمِصْرَايِمُ وَفُوطُ وَكَنْعَانُ.

And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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

And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.

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

And Cush has begotten Nimrod;

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

he has begun to be a hero in the land; he has been a hero in hunting before YHWH; therefore it is said, “As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before YHWH.”

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

And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

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

from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

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

and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.

١٣ 13 وَمِصْرَايِمُ وَلَدَ: لُودِيمَ وَعَنَامِيمَ وَلَهَابِيمَ وَنَفْتُوحِيمَ

And Mitzraim has begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

١٤ 14 وَفَتْرُوسِيمَ وَكَسْلُوحِيمَ. ٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجَ مِنْهُمْ فِلِشْتِيمُ وَكَفْتُورِيمُ.

and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from where have come out Philistim), and the Caphtorim.

١٥ 15 وَكَنْعَانُ وَلَدَ: صِيْدُونَ بِكْرَهُ، وَحِثًّا

And Canaan has begotten Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

١٦ 16 وَٱلْيَبُوسِيَّ وَٱلْأَمُورِيَّ وَٱلْجِرْجَاشِيَّ

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

١٧ 17 وَٱلْحِوِّيَّ وَٱلْعَرْقِيَّ وَٱلسِّينِيَّ

and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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

and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite have been scattered.

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

And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] your coming toward Gerar, to Gaza; [in] your coming toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, to Lasha.

٢٠ 20 هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو حَامٍ حَسَبَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ كَأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ بِأَرَاضِيهِمْ وَأُمَمِهِمْ.

These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

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

As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.

٢٢ 22 بَنُو سَامٍ: عِيلَامُ وَأَشُّورُ وَأَرْفَكْشَادُ وَلُودُ وَأَرَامُ.

Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

٢٣ 23 وَبَنُو أَرَامَ: عُوصُ وَحُولُ وَجَاثَرُ وَمَاشُ.

And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

٢٤ 24 وَأَرْفَكْشَادُ وَلَدَ شَالَحَ، وَشَالَحُ وَلَدَ عَابِرَ.

And Arphaxad has begotten Salah, and Salah has begotten Eber.

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

And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first [is] Peleg (for in his days the earth has been divided), and his brother’s name [is] Joktan.

٢٦ 26 وَيَقْطَانُ وَلَدَ: أَلْمُودَادَ وَشَالَفَ وَحَضَرْمَوْتَ وَيَارَحَ

And Joktan has begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

٢٧ 27 وَهَدُورَامَ وَأُوزَالَ وَدِقْلَةَ

and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

٢٨ 28 وَعُوبَالَ وَأَبِيمَايِلَ وَشَبَا

and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

٢٩ 29 وَأُوفِيرَ وَحَوِيلَةَ وَيُوبَابَ. جَمِيعُ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنُو يَقْطَانَ.

and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;

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

and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] your coming toward Sephar, a mountain of the east.

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

These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

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

These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, in their nations, and by these the nations have been parted in the earth after the flood.