Genesis - Chapter 10 | New King James Version

  • 1. Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
  • 2. The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • 3. The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, {cf2super [13]} and Togarmah.
  • 4. The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. {cf2super [14]}
  • 5. From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
  • 6. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, {cf2super [15]} and Canaan.
  • 7. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
  • 8. Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
  • 9. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."
  • 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  • 11. From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
  • 12. and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the 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, and Heth;
  • 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. These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
  • 21. And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
  • 22. The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  • 23. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. {cf2super [16]}
  • 24. Arphaxad begot Salah, {cf2super [17]} and Salah begot Eber.
  • 25. To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
  • 26. Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
  • 27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
  • 28. Obal, {cf2super [18]} Abimael, Sheba,
  • 29. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
  • 30. And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
  • 31. These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
  • 32. These were the 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.
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