Genesis 10
1 These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
5 From these the coastland peoples separated and went into their lands, every one with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan.
8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the earth.
And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”
He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
11 Out of that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
12 and Resen, which was between Nineveh and Calah. It was a large city.
and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
13 Mizraim became the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
14 the Pathrusites, the Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
15 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth,
And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-born, and the Chettite,
16 also of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites spread out.
and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and as one goes toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
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.
20 These were the sons of Ham, by their clans, by their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.
There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21 Sons also were born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was also the ancestor of all the people of Eber.
And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
24 Arphaxad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
25 Eber had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
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.
26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Eval, and Abimael, and Saba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
30 Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
32 These were the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
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.
