< Genesis 10 >
1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
2 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
5 From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.
From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
6 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan.
And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
9 He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
12 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
13 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;
14 and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite,
And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,
17 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,
18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions;
19 And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.
Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.
20 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.
21 And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
22 Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
23 And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan.
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
27 and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla,
And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
28 Eval, and Abimael, and Saba,
And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
29 and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.
32 These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.