³⁸ Those men were the leaders of their clans. Their families became very large. ³⁹ They travelled to the east side of the valley to find grass for their sheep to eat. They went as far as Gedor. ⁴⁰ They found good fields that had plenty of grass. The soil was good and the place was large. There were no troubles in that region. Some descendants of Ham had been living there.^[a]