Genesis 10

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Descendants and Nations from Noah

10 These are the records^[a] of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants^[b] were born after the flood.

² Japheth’s descendants included^[c] Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

³ Gomer’s descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴ Javan’s descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,^{[d] 5} from whom the coastal nations^[e] spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

Ham’s Descendants

⁶ Ham’s descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

⁷ Cush’s descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.

Raamah’s descendants included Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless^[f] leader throughout the land. ⁹ He became a fearless^[g] hunter in defiance of^[h] the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of^[i] the Lord.” ¹⁰ His kingdom began in the region^[j] of Shinar^[k] with the cities of^[l] Babylon, Erech,^[m] Akkad, and Calneh. ¹¹ From there^[n] he went north^[o] to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, ¹² along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

¹³ Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, ¹⁴ the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites.

¹⁵ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites, ¹⁶ the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁸ the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. ¹⁹ The Canaanite border extended south^[p] from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east^[q] toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

²⁰ These are Ham’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.

Shem’s Descendants

²¹ Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had descendants.^[r] Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber. ²² Shem’s sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ Aram’s descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴ Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.^{[s] 25} To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg,^[t] because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan.

²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s descendants. ³⁰ Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country.

³¹ These are Shem’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.

³² These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.