10:1 These
are
the
generations
of
the
sons
of
Noah,
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Sons
were
born
to
them
after
the
flood.
10:2 The
sons
of
Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
10:3 The
sons
of
Gomer:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath,
and
Togarmah.
10:4 The
sons
of
Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and
Dodanim.
10:5 From
these
the
coastland
peoples
spread
in
their
lands,
each
with
his
own
language,
by
their
clans,
in
their
nations.
10:6 The
sons
of
Ham:
Cush,
Egypt,
Put,
and
Canaan.
10:7 The
sons
of
Cush:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah,
and
Sabteca.
The
sons
of
Raamah:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
10:8 Cush
fathered
Nimrod;
he
was
the
first
on
earth
to
be
a
mighty
man.
10:9 He
was
a
mighty
hunter
before
the
LORD.
Therefore
it
is
said,
"Like
Nimrod
a
mighty
hunter
before
the
LORD."
10:10 The
beginning
of
his
kingdom
was
Babel,
Erech,
Accad,
and
Calneh,
in
the
land
of
Shinar.
10:11 From
that
land
he
went
into
Assyria
and
built
Nineveh,
Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah,
and
10:12 Resen
between
Nineveh
and
Calah;
that
is
the
great
city.
10:13 Egypt
fathered
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
10:14 Pathrusim,
Casluhim
(from
whom
the
Philistines
came),
and
Caphtorim.
10:15 Canaan
fathered
Sidon
his
firstborn
and
Heth,
10:16 and
the
Jebusites,
the
Amorites,
the
Girgashites,
10:17 the
Hivites,
the
Arkites,
the
Sinites,
10:18 the
Arvadites,
the
Zemarites,
and
the
Hamathites.
Afterward
the
clans
of
the
Canaanites
dispersed.
10:19 And
the
territory
of
the
Canaanites
extended
from
Sidon
in
the
direction
of
Gerar
as
far
as
Gaza,
and
in
the
direction
of
Sodom,
Gomorrah,
Admah,
and
Zeboiim,
as
far
as
Lasha.
10:20 These
are
the
sons
of
Ham,
by
their
clans,
their
languages,
their
lands,
and
their
nations.
10:21 To
Shem
also,
the
father
of
all
the
children
of
Eber,
the
elder
brother
of
Japheth,
children
were
born.
10:22 The
sons
of
Shem:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud,
and
Aram.
10:23 The
sons
of
Aram:
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Mash.
10:24 Arpachshad
fathered
Shelah;
and
Shelah
fathered
Eber.
10:25 To
Eber
were
born
two
sons:
the
name
of
the
one
was
Peleg,
for
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided,
and
his
brother's
name
was
Joktan.
10:26 Joktan
fathered
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
10:27 Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
10:28 Obal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
10:29 Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab;
all
these
were
the
sons
of
Joktan.
10:30 The
territory
in
which
they
lived
extended
from
Mesha
in
the
direction
of
Sephar
to
the
hill
country
of
the
east.
10:31 These
are
the
sons
of
Shem,
by
their
clans,
their
languages,
their
lands,
and
their
nations.
10:32 These
are
the
clans
of
the
sons
of
Noah,
according
to
their
genealogies,
in
their
nations,
and
from
these
the
nations
spread
abroad
on
the
earth
after
the
flood.