Genesis - Chapter 10 | New International Version

  • 1. This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
  • 2. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
  • 3. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
  • 4. The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.
  • 5. (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
  • 6. The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
  • 7. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
  • 8. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.
  • 9. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
  • 10. The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.
  • 11. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
  • 12. and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
  • 13. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
  • 14. Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
  • 15. Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
  • 16. Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
  • 17. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
  • 18. Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
  • 19. and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
  • 20. These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
  • 21. Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
  • 22. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
  • 23. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
  • 24. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
  • 25. Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
  • 26. Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
  • 27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
  • 28. Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
  • 29. Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
  • 30. The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
  • 31. These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
  • 32. These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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