1 The Generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of JaphethwereGomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
3 The sons of GomerwereAshkenaz and 10:3In 1 Chr 1:6, Diphath Riphath and Togarmah.
4 The sons of JavanwereElishah and Tarshish, Kittim and 10:4 In 1 Chr 1:7,Rodanim Dodanim.
5 From these the coastlands of the nations 10:5 Or separated themselves were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, into their nations.
6 The sons of HamwereCush and 10:6Or Egypt Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
7 The sons of CushwereSeba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of RaamahwereSheba and Dedan.
8 Now Cush 10:8Lit begot was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”
10 The beginning of his kingdom was 10:10Or Babylon Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
13 Mizraim 10:13Lit begot was the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim
14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
15 Canaan 10:15Lit begot was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
16 and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
17 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 were scattered.
19 The border of the Canaanite 10:19Lit was extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations.
21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber,andthe 10:21Or the brother of Japheth the elder older brother of Japheth, children were born.
22 The sons of ShemwereElam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
23 The sons of AramwereUz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
24 Arpachshad 10:24Lit begot was the father of Shelah; and Shelah 10:24Lit begot was the father of Eber.
25 Now two sons were born to Eber; the name of the onewas 10:25Lit division Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s namewasJoktan.
26 And Joktan 10:26 Lit begot was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
28 and 10:28In 1 Chr 1:22,Ebal Obal and Abimael and Sheba
29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Now their 10:30 Lit dwelling settlement 10:30 Lit was extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.