Genesis 10

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The Table of Nations

¹This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

¹And these are the generations of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And were born to them sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

²The sons of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

²The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

³The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

³And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴And the sons of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.^a

⁴And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim.

⁵From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

⁵From these were separated the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each according to his language, according to their clans, in their nations.

The Hamites

⁶The sons of Ham:

Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁶And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

⁷The sons of Cush:

Seba, Havilah, Sabtah,^a Raamah, and Sabteca.

And the sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

⁷And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one^a on the earth.

⁸And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

⁹He was a mighty hunter before^a the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

⁹He was a mighty hunter before the face of YHWH; upon thus it is said: “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the face of YHWH.”

¹⁰His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.^a

¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

¹¹From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

¹¹From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-ir and Calah,

¹²and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

¹²and Resen between Nineveh and between Calah; it is the great city.

¹³Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

¹³And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

¹⁴the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.^a

¹⁴and Pathrusim, and the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorim.

¹⁵And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,^a and of the Hittites,

¹⁵And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

¹⁶the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

¹⁶and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

¹⁷the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁷and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

¹⁸the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

¹⁸and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the clans of the Canaanite were scattered.

¹⁹and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

¹⁹And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as you go toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

²⁰These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

²⁰These are the sons of Ham, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

The Semites

²¹And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth;^a Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

²¹And sons were also born to Shem—the father of all the sons of Eber—the brother of Japheth the elder.

²²The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

²²The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

²³The sons of Aram:

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.^a

²³And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

²⁴Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,^a and Shelah was the father of Eber.

²⁴And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

²⁵Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,^a because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

²⁵And to Eber two sons were born: The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan.

²⁶And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁶And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

²⁷Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁷and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁸and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

²⁹Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

²⁹and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are the sons of Joktan.

³⁰Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³⁰And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

³¹These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

³¹These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

³²All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

³²These are the clans 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.