Genesis 10

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10 This is the report about Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their families.

After the deep water went away, they all had children themselves.

Japheth's family

² These are the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. ³ These are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. ⁴ These are the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.^[a]

⁵ These people lived by the sea. They lived in groups. Each group went to live in a different place. Each group spoke its own language.

Ham's family

⁶ These are the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. ⁷ These are the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. These are the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ⁸ Cush was also the father of Nimrod. Nimrod became the first brave soldier in the world. ⁹ The Lord helped Nimrod to be a great hunter. That is why people say, ‘Like Nimrod, a great hunter that the Lord helped.’

¹⁰ The first of Nimrod's lands were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar. ¹¹ From that land he went to Assyria. This is where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah. ¹² He also built Resen. Resen is between Nineveh and Calah, which is a large city. ¹³ Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, ¹⁴ Pathrusites, Kasluhites and Caphtorites. The Philistines were descendants of the Kasluhites.^[b]

¹⁵ Canaan was the father of Sidon, who was born first. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites, ¹⁶ Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁷ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸ Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. After some time had passed, the Canaanite families separated to different places. ¹⁹ The land of Canaan went from Sidon to Gerar, as far as Gaza. It went to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰ These are all descendants of Ham. They lived in groups in their own parts of the land. Each group spoke their own language.

Shem's family

²¹ Shem also had sons. Shem was Japheth's older brother. All the sons of Eber are descendants of Shem. ²² These are the sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. ²³ These are the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech. ²⁴ Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber. ²⁵ Eber had two sons. The name of one son was Peleg. When he was alive, people began to live in different places on the earth. That is why his name was Peleg.^[c] Peleg's brother's name was 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 those were Joktan's sons. ³⁰ The land where they lived went from Mesha to Sephar. This is in the land with hills in the east. ³¹ These are the descendants of Shem. They lived in groups in their own parts of the land. Each group spoke their own language.

³² All these people are descendants of Noah's sons, and their children. They went to live in different parts of the earth and their children became different nations. This happened after God covered the earth with water and then the water went away.