Genesis 10

1 And these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and sons are 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 Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

3 And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

4 And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.

5 By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.

6 And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

7 And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.

And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8 And Cush has begotten Nimrod;

And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.

9 he has begun to be a hero in the land; he has been a hero in hunting before YHWH; therefore it is said, “As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before YHWH.”

He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

10 And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 from that land he has gone out to Asshur, and builds Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,

12 and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.

And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.

13 And Mitzraim has begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;

14 and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (from where have come out Philistim), and the Caphtorim.

And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.

15 And Canaan has begotten Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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 Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,

18 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite have been scattered.

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 border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] your coming toward Gerar, to Gaza; [in] your coming toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, to Lasha.

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 These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.

21 As for Shem, father of all sons of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, he has also begotten.

And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.

22 Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

23 And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad has begotten Salah, and Salah has begotten Eber.

And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 And two sons have been born to Eber; the name of the first [is] Peleg (for in his days the earth has been divided), and his brother’s name [is] Joktan.

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 Joktan has begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah

28 and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

And Obal and Abimael and Sheba

29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;

And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

30 and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] your coming toward Sephar, a mountain of the east.

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.

32 These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, in their nations, and by these the nations have been parted in 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.