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

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

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

18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

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

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

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

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10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,(A) Uruk,(B) Akkad and Kalneh,(C) in[a] Shinar.[b](D) 11 From that land he went to Assyria,(E) where he built Nineveh,(F) Rehoboth Ir,[c] Calah 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

13 Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines(G) came) and Caphtorites.(H)

15 Canaan(I) was the father of

Sidon(J) his firstborn,[d](K) and of the Hittites,(L) 16 Jebusites,(M) Amorites,(N) Girgashites,(O) 17 Hivites,(P) Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites,(Q) Zemarites and Hamathites.(R)

Later the Canaanite(S) clans scattered 19 and the borders of Canaan(T) reached from Sidon(U) toward Gerar(V) as far as Gaza,(W) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,(X) as far as Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

The Semites(Y)

21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[e] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.(Z)

22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,(AA) Ashur,(AB) Arphaxad,(AC) Lud and Aram.(AD)

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,(AE) Hul, Gether and Meshek.[f]

24 Arphaxad was the father of[g] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.(AF)

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[h] 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,(AG) Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,(AH) 29 Ophir,(AI) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in
  2. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia
  3. Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares
  4. Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
  5. Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
  6. Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
  7. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
  8. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.