Genesis 10
1 (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.
These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and unto them sons were born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Thubal, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
3 The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez and Riphath and Thogorma.
4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim.
5 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.
By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.
6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.
7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba and Dadan.
8 Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
9 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.”
And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
10 Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.
11 From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.
12 and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
Resen also between Ninive and Chale: this is the great city.
13 Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
And Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, Nepthuim,
14 Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
And Phetrusim, and Chasluim; of whom came forth the Philistines, and the Capthorim.
15 Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
And Chanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, the Hethite,
16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite,
17 Hiv, Ark, Sin,
The Hevite and the Aracite: the Sinite,
18 Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
And the Aradian, the Samarite, and the Hamathite: and afterwards the families of the Chanaanites were spread abroad.
19 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].
And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.
20 Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
These are the children of Cham in their kindreds, and tongues, and generations, and lands, and nations.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
Of Sem also, the father of all the children of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were born.
22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Sem: Elam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
The sons of Aram: Us and Hull, and Gether, and Mess.
24 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
But Arphaxad begot Sale, of whom was born Heber.
25 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.
And to Heber were born two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name Jectan.
26 Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Which Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, Jare,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
And Aduram, and Uzal, and Decla,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
And Ebal, and Abimael, Saba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Jectan.
30 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).
And their dwelling was from Messa as we go on as far as Sephar, a mountain in the east.
31 They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
These are the children of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues, and countries in their nations.
32 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.
These are the families of Noe, according to their peoples and nations. By these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.
