Genesis 10 (New International Version)

Genesis 10

The Table of Nations

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

The Japhethites

 ² The sons ^[a] 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. ^{[b] 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, ^[c] Put and Canaan.

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

 ⁸ Cush was the father ^[d] 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 ^[e] Shinar. ^{[f] 11} From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, ^[g] 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, ^[h] and of the Hittites, ¹⁶ Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁷ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸ Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
      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.

The Semites

 ²¹ Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was ^[i] 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. ^[j]

 ²⁴ Arphaxad was the father of ^[k] Shelah,
       and Shelah the father of Eber.

 ²⁵ Two sons were born to Eber:
       One was named Peleg, ^[l] 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, 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.