⁵ The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁶ The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁷ The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

⁸ The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ⁹ The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. (¹⁰ Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.) ¹¹ The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, ¹² Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended). ¹³ Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁴ Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶ Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷ Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. ¹⁸ Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. ¹⁹ Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg,^[a] because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan. ²⁰ The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²² Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.