Genesis 10
1 These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet 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 The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
3 Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth, and Rifath, and Thogorma.
And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
4 Forsothe the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym;
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
5 of these sones the ylis of hethen men weren departid in her cuntrees, ech bi his langage and meynees, in hise naciouns.
From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
6 Sotheli the sones of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and Futh, and Chanaan.
And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
7 Forsothe the sones of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.
And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Forsothe Thus gendride Nemroth; he bigan to be myyti in erthe,
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
9 and he was a strong huntere of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe yede out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord.
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
10 Sotheli the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babiloyne, and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamye, in the lond of Sennaar.
And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Assur yede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue, `and stretis of the citee,
From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
12 and Chale, and Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; this is a greet citee.
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
13 And sotheli Mesraym gendride Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym, Neptuym, and Ferrusym, and Cesluym;
And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;
14 of which the Filisteis and Capturym camen forth.
And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
15 Forsothe Chanaan gendride Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei, and Jebusei,
And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
16 and Amorrei, Gergesei,
And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,
17 Euei, and Arathei,
And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,
18 Ceney, and Aradie, Samarites, and Amathei; and puplis of Chananeis weren sowun abrood bi these men.
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 termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa.
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 weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis.
All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.
21 Also of Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the sones of Heber, and Japhet was the more brother.
And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
22 The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram.
These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
23 The sones of Aram weren Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes.
And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 And sotheli Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber was borun.
And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan.
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 thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech,
And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
27 and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram, and Vsal,
And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
28 and Deda, and Ebal, and Abymahel, Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jobab;
And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
29 alle these weren the sones of Jectan.
And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro Messa, as `me goith til to Sefar, an hil of the eest.
And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis.
These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.
32 These ben the meynees of Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis in erthe weren departid of these aftir the greet 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.
