GenesisChapter 10

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¹This is the story of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had sons of their own after the flood. ²The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ³The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. ⁵From these came the peoples who lived along the seacoasts. They spread out into their own lands. Each had its own language. They lived by clans within their nations. ⁶The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.a ⁷The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. ⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod began to be a mighty man on the earth. ⁹He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. That is why people say, "He is like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." ¹⁰His kingdom began with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh. These were in the land of Shinar. ¹¹From that land he went out into Assyria. There he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, ¹²and Resen. Resen is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. ¹³Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, ¹⁴the Pathrusites, the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites. The Philistines came from the Casluhites. ¹⁵Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn son. He was also the father of the Hittites, ¹⁶the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁸the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the clans of Canaan spread out. ¹⁹The land of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar, all the way to Gaza. Then it went toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, all the way to Lasha. ²⁰These are the sons of Ham. They are listed by their clans, languages, lands, and nations. ²¹Sons were also born to Shem. Shem was the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. ²²The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. ²³The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber. ²⁵Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided. His brother was named Joktan.b ²⁶Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were sons of Joktan. ³⁰The land where they lived reached from Mesha to Sephar, in the hill country to the east. ³¹These are the sons of Shem. They are listed by their clans, languages, lands, and nations. ³²All these are the clans of Noah's sons. They are listed by their family lines and nations. From them the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.