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