Genesis 10

Descendants of Noah

1Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

21The sons of Japheth were 2Gomer, Magog, 3Madai, 4Javan, Tubal, 5Meshech, and Tiras. 3The sons of Gomer were 6Ashkenaz, 7Riphath, and 8Togarmah. 4The sons of Javan were Elishah, 9Tarshish, Kittim, and 10Dodanim. 5From these the people of the coastlands of the nations 11were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

612The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7The sons of Cush were 13Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, 14Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were 15Sheba and 16Dedan. 8Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he 17became a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10And the beginning of his kingdom was 1819Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of 20Shinar. 11From that land he went 21to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13Mizraim fathered 22Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 1423Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

15Canaan fathered 24Sidon, his firstborn, and 25Heth, 1626the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, 17the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, 18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. 1927The territory of the Canaanite 28extended from Sidon 29going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and 30going toward 31Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

21Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. 2232The sons of Shem were 33Elam, Asshur, 34Arpachshad, 35Lud, and Aram. 23The sons of Aram were 36Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24Arpachshad fathered 37Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 2538Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was 39Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 2840Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan. 30Now their 41settlement 42extended from Mesha 43going toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. 31These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

32These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and 44out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.