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.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and 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.
Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the [Mediterranean] Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.
6 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, 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.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh (sees that you are/has caused you to be) a great hunter like Nimrod.”
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
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 land extended from Sidon [city] in the north as far south as Gaza [town], and then to the east as far as Gerar [town], and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim [towns], and even as far as Lasha [town].
20 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. 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.
Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, [which means ‘division’], because during the time he lived, people on [MTY] the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan.
26 And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Eval, and Abimael, and Saba,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the (hill country/area that has a lot of hills).
31 These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
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.
All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own (genealogy/record of people’s ancestors) and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.
