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. |