1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood. The Japhethites |
2 The sons1 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations ; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31. of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. |
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. |
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.2 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanim |
5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.) The Hamites |
6 The sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim,3 10:6 That is, Egypt; also in verse 13 Put and Canaan. |
7 The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca.
The sons of Raamah: |
8 Cush was the father4 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder ; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26. 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, in5 10:10 Or Erech and Akkad-all of them in Shinar.6 10:10 That is, Babylonia |
11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,7 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares Calah |
12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. |
13 Mizraim was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, |
14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites. |
15 Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn,8 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost and of the Hittites, |
16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, |
17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, |
18 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. |
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. The Semites |
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was9 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber. |
22 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. |
23 The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.10 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash |
24 Arphaxad was the father of11 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber. |
25 Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg,12 10:25 Peleg means division . because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan. |
26 Joktan was the father of
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, |
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, |
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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. |
