Genesis 10:5-20

5These people lived by the sea. They lived in groups. Each group went to live in a different place. Each group spoke its own language.

6These are the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

7These are the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. These are the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8Cush was also the father of Nimrod. Nimrod became the first brave soldier in the world.

9The Lord helped Nimrod to be a great hunter. That is why people say, ‘Like Nimrod, a great hunter that the Lord helped.’

10The first of Nimrod's lands were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.

11From that land he went to Assyria. This is where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah.

12He also built Resen. Resen is between Nineveh and Calah, which is a large city.

13Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

14Pathrusites, Kasluhites and Caphtorites. The Philistines were descendants of the Kasluhites.

15Canaan was the father of Sidon, who was born first. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,

16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

18Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. After some time had passed, the Canaanite families separated to different places.

19The land of Canaan went from Sidon to Gerar, as far as Gaza. It went to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20These are all descendants of Ham. They lived in groups in their own parts of the land. Each group spoke their own language.