Genesis 10-11

Common English Bible

⁶ Ham’s sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ⁷ Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan. ⁸ Cush fathered Nimrod, the first great warrior on earth. ⁹ The Lord saw him as a great hunter, and so it is said, “Like Nimrod, whom the Lord saw as a great hunter.” ¹⁰ The most important cities in his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. ¹¹ Asshur left that land and built Nineveh, Rehoboth City, Calah, ¹² and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah. ¹³ Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹⁴ Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim,^[b] from which the Philistines came.

¹⁵ Canaan fathered Sidon his oldest son, and Heth, ¹⁶ the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁸ the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. After this the Canaanite clans were dispersed. ¹⁹ The Canaanite boundary extends from Sidon by way of Gerar to Gaza and by way of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim to Lasha. ²⁰ These are Ham’s sons according to their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

²² Shem’s sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. ²³ Aram’s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴ Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. ²⁵ To Eber were born two sons: The first was named Peleg,^[c] because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan’s sons. ³⁰ Their settlements extended from Mesha by way of Sephar, the eastern mountains. ³¹ These are Shem’s sons according to their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

When Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. ¹¹ After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 years; he had other sons and daughters.

¹² When Arpachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. ¹³ After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁴ When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. ¹⁵ After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 years; he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁶ When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. ¹⁷ After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 years; he had other sons and daughters.

¹⁸ When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. ¹⁹ After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 years; he had other sons and daughters.

²⁰ When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. ²¹ After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 years; he had other sons and daughters.

²² When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. ²³ After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 years; he had other sons and daughters.

²⁴ When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. ²⁵ After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 years; he had other sons and daughters.

²⁶ When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

²⁷ These are Terah’s descendants. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot. ²⁸ Haran died while with his father Terah in his native land,^[g] in Ur of the Chaldeans. ²⁹ Abram and Nahor both married; Abram’s wife was Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was Milcah the daughter of Haran, father of both Milcah and Iscah. ³⁰ Sarai was unable to have children. ³¹ Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his son Abram’s wife, Sarai his daughter-in-law. They left Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan, and arriving at Haran, they settled there. ³² Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.