Genesis

¹ This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

² The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.

³ Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

⁴ Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.

⁵ (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

⁶ The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

⁷ Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

¹⁰ The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.

¹¹ From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah

¹² and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

¹³ the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

¹⁴ Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

¹⁵ Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

¹⁶ Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

¹⁷ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

¹⁸ Later the Canaanite clans scattered

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.

²⁰ These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

²¹ Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

²² Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

²³ Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.

²⁴ and Shelah the father of Eber.

²⁵ One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

²⁶ Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁹ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

³⁰ The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³¹ These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

³² These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.