The Table of Nations
10:1 This is the account of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
The Japhethites
10:2 The sons[a] of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
10:4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the
Kittim, and the Rodanim.
10:5 From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.
The Hamites
10:6 The sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim[b], Put and
Canaan.
10:7 The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah,
Raamah and Sabteca.
The sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
10:8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.
10:9 he was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord."
10:10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in Shinar[c].
10:11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir[d], Calah,
10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
10:13 Mizraim was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites,
Naphtuhites,
10:14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came)
and Caphtorites.
10:15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
10:16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
10:17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
10:18 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered
10:19 and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
10:20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
The Semites
10:21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
10:22 The Sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad,
Lud and Aram.
10:23 The Sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether, and
Meshech.
10:24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
10:25 Two sons were born to Eber; One was named Peleg[e], because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
10:26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah
10:28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba
10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
All these were the sons of Joktan.
10:30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha towards Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
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