| | 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. | |
