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.
The following are the genealogies of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had sons born to them 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: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
The sons of Javan: 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.
The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.
6 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, 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 sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on 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 powerful fighter who defied the Lord; which is why there's the expression, “Like Nimrod, a powerful fighter who defied the Lord.”
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
From there he moved into Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
and Resen, which lies between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
14 and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (ancestors of the Philistines).
15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite,
Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite tribes spread out
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.
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.
20 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
These were the sons of Ham according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nation.
21 And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
Shem, whose older brother was Japheth, also had sons. Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
22 Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was 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 had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; the name of his brother was Joktan.
26 And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
Joktan was the father 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. These were all sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
They lived in the land lying between Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east.
31 These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
These were the sons of Shem, according to their tribes, languages, lands, and nations.
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 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.
