Genesis 10

¹Genesis 10:1. This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.²Genesis 10:2. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.³Genesis 10:3. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.⁴Genesis 10:4. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.⁵Genesis 10:5. From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

⁶Genesis 10:6. The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.⁷Genesis 10:7. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.⁸Genesis 10:8. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.⁹Genesis 10:9. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”¹⁰Genesis 10:10. His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.¹¹Genesis 10:11. From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,¹²Genesis 10:12. and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.¹³Genesis 10:13. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,¹⁴Genesis 10:14. the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.¹⁵Genesis 10:15. And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,¹⁶Genesis 10:16. the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,¹⁷Genesis 10:17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,¹⁸Genesis 10:18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,¹⁹Genesis 10:19. and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.²⁰Genesis 10:20. These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

²¹Genesis 10:21. And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.²²Genesis 10:22. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.²³Genesis 10:23. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.²⁴Genesis 10:24. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.²⁵Genesis 10:25. Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.²⁶Genesis 10:26. And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,²⁷Genesis 10:27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,²⁸Genesis 10:28. Obal, Abimael, Sheba,²⁹Genesis 10:29. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.³⁰Genesis 10:30. Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.³¹Genesis 10:31. These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

³²Genesis 10:32. All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.