Genesis 10-11

New American Standard Bible

Descendants of Noah

10 Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

^2 (A)The sons of Japheth were ^(B)Gomer, Magog, ^(C)Madai, ^(D)Javan, Tubal, ^(E)Meshech, and Tiras. ³ The sons of Gomer were ^(F)Ashkenaz, ^[a]Riphath, and ^(G)Togarmah. ⁴ The sons of Javan were Elishah, ^(H)Tarshish, Kittim, and ^[b]Dodanim. ⁵ From these the people of the coastlands of the nations ^[c]were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

^6 (I)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁷ The sons of Cush were ^(J)Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, ^(K)Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were ^(L)Sheba and ^(M)Dedan. ⁸ Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he ^[d]became a mighty one on the earth. ⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” ¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was ^[e](N)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of ^(O)Shinar. ¹¹ From that land he went ^(P)to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, ¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. ¹³ Mizraim fathered ^(Q)Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ^14 (R)Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ Canaan fathered ^(S)Sidon, his firstborn, and ^(T)Heth, ^16 (U)the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, ¹⁷ the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, ¹⁸ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. ^19 (V)The territory of the Canaanite ^[f]extended from Sidon ^[g]going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and ^[h]going toward ^(W)Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

²¹ Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. ^22 (X)The sons of Shem were ^(Y)Elam, Asshur, ^(Z)Arpachshad, ^(AA)Lud, and Aram. ²³ The sons of Aram were ^(AB)Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴ Arpachshad fathered ^(AC)Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. ^25 (AD)Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was ^[i]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ^28 [j]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ Now their ^[k]settlement ^[l]extended from Mesha ^[m]going toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. ³¹ These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and ^(AE)out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

The Tower of Babel

11 Now all the earth ^[n]used the same language and ^[o]the same words. ² And it came about, as they journeyed ^[p]east, that they found a plain in the land ^(AF)of Shinar and ^[q]settled there. ³ Then they said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks and ^[r]fire them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used ^(AG)tar for mortar. ⁴ And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top ^(AH)will reach into heaven, and let’s make ^(AI)a name for ourselves; otherwise we ^(AJ)will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.” ⁵ Now ^(AK)the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the ^[s]men had built. ⁶ And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have ^[t](AL)the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be ^[u]impossible for them. ⁷ Come, ^[v](AM)let Us go down and there ^(AN)confuse their ^[w]language, so that they will not understand one another’s ^[x]speech.” ⁸ So the Lord ^(AO)scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. ⁹ Therefore it was named ^[y](AP)Babel, because there the Lord confused the ^[z]language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Descendants of Shem

^10 (AQ)These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood; ¹¹ and Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

¹² Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and fathered Shelah; ¹³ and Arpachshad lived 403 years after he fathered Shelah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

¹⁴ Shelah lived thirty years, and fathered Eber; ¹⁵ and Shelah lived 403 years after he fathered Eber, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

¹⁶ Eber lived thirty-four years, and fathered Peleg; ¹⁷ and Eber lived 430 years after he fathered Peleg, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

¹⁸ Peleg lived thirty years, and fathered Reu; ¹⁹ and Peleg lived 209 years after he fathered Reu, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

²⁰ Reu lived thirty-two years, and fathered Serug; ²¹ and Reu lived 207 years after he fathered Serug, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

²² Serug lived thirty years, and fathered Nahor; ²³ and Serug lived two hundred years after he fathered Nahor, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

²⁴ Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and fathered ^(AR)Terah; ²⁵ and Nahor lived 119 years after he fathered Terah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

²⁶ Terah lived seventy years, and ^(AS)fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁷ Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and ^(AT)Haran fathered ^(AU)Lot. ²⁸ Haran died ^[aa]during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in ^(AV)Ur of the Chaldeans. ²⁹ Abram and ^(AW)Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was ^(AX)Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was ^(AY)Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah ^[ab]and Iscah. ^30 (AZ)Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

³¹ Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they departed ^[ac]together from ^(BA)Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and ^[ad]settled there. ³² The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.