< 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 and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were 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 Rodanim.
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, the coastlands of the nations separated into their territories, every one according to its language, according to their families, in their 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 became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on 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 mighty hunter before God. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before God."
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,
12 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
And Mizraim became the father of 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, which the Philistines descended from, and Caphtorim.
15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite,
And Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites,
17 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
and the Hivites, and the Arkites, and the Sinites,
18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
and the Arvadites, and the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
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 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 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
21 And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
22 Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
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.
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 Kenan. And Kenan 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.
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 Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
And Joktan became 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.
Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward 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 are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their 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 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.