Nations Descended from Noah
1 Now thisisthe genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.And sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of JaphethwereGomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The sons of GomerwereAshkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The sons of JavanwereElishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 From thesethe coastlandpeoplesof the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
6 The sons of HamwereCush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of CushwereSeba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of RaamahwereSheba and Dedan.
8 Cush begotNimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mightyhunter before theLord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunterbefore theLord.”
10 And the beginning of his kingdom wasBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went toAssyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (thatisthe principal city).
13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim(from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).
15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, andHeth;
16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;
18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20 Thesewerethe sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their landsandin their nations.
21 Andchildrenwere born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
22 Thesons of ShemwereElam, Asshur,Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of AramwereUz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad begotSalah, and Salah begot Eber.
25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of onewasPeleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s namewasJoktan.
26 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All thesewerethe sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31 Thesewerethe sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
32 Thesewerethe families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations;and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.