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The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca;
and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush [a]was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
11 (A)Mizraim was the father of the people of [b]Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
12 Pathrus, Casluh (from which came the [c]Philistines), and Caphtor.
13 Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,
14 and the [d](B)Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Lit begot, so in ch
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:11 Or Ludim, so for list of names in vv 11-12
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:12 Or people of Pelisht
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:14 Or the Jebusite, so for list of names in vv 14-16

Descendants of Ham

The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim,[a] Put, and Canaan.

The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

11 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came.[b]

13 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,[c] 14 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Or Egypt; also in 1:11.
  2. 1:12 Hebrew Casluhites, from whom the Philistines came, Caphtorites. See Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7.
  3. 1:13 Hebrew ancestor of Heth.