From Adam to Noah

5 This is the historical record^[a] of Adam’s^[b] generations.

³ After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him,^[h] that is,^[i] according to his own likeness, and named him Seth. ⁴ Adam lived another 800 years, fathering other^[j] sons and daughters after he had fathered Seth. ⁵ Adam lived a total^[k] of 930 years, and then died.

⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. ⁷ After he fathered Enosh, Seth lived 807 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ⁸ Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then died.

⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. ¹⁰ After he fathered Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ¹¹ Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then died.

¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. ¹³ After he fathered Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then died.

¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. ¹⁶ After he fathered Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then died.

¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. ¹⁹ After he fathered Enoch, Jared lived 800 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ²⁰ Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then died.

²¹ When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. ²² After he fathered Methuselah, Enoch communed^[l] with God for 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters. ²³ Enoch lived a total of 365 years, ²⁴ communing^[m] with God—and then he was there no longer, because God had taken him.

²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. ²⁶ After he fathered Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ²⁷ Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then died.

²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son, ²⁹ whom he named Noah,^[n] because he said, “May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the Lord has cursed.” ³⁰ After he fathered Noah, Lamech lived 595 years, fathering other sons and daughters. ³¹ Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then died.

³² After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Descendants and Nations from Noah

10 These are the records^[a] of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants^[b] were born after the flood.

² Japheth’s descendants included^[c] Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

³ Gomer’s descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴ Javan’s descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,^{[d] 5} from whom the coastal nations^[e] spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

Ham’s Descendants

⁶ Ham’s descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

⁷ Cush’s descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.

Raamah’s descendants included Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless^[f] leader throughout the land. ⁹ He became a fearless^[g] hunter in defiance of^[h] the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of^[i] the Lord.” ¹⁰ His kingdom began in the region^[j] of Shinar^[k] with the cities of^[l] Babylon, Erech,^[m] Akkad, and Calneh. ¹¹ From there^[n] he went north^[o] to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, ¹² along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

¹³ Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, ¹⁴ the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites.

¹⁵ Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites, ¹⁶ the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷ the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁸ the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. ¹⁹ The Canaanite border extended south^[p] from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east^[q] toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

²⁰ These are Ham’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.

Shem’s Descendants

²¹ Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had descendants.^[r] Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber. ²² Shem’s sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ Aram’s descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴ Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.^{[s] 25} To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg,^[t] because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan.

²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s descendants. ³⁰ Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country.

³¹ These are Shem’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.

³² These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.

Descendants of Shem

¹⁰ These are the family records^[a] of Shem. When Shem had lived 100 years, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. ¹¹ Shem lived 500 years after he fathered Arpachshad and had other^[b] sons and daughters.

¹² When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Cainan. ¹³ After he fathered Cainan, Arpachshad lived 430 years and had other^[c] sons and daughters, and then died.

Cainan lived 130 years and fathered Shelah. After he fathered Shelah, Cainan lived 330 years and had other^[d] sons and daughters, and then died.^[e]

¹⁴ When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber. ¹⁵ After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other^[f] sons and daughters.

¹⁶ When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg. ¹⁷ After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other^[g] sons and daughters.

¹⁸ When Peleg had lived 30 years, he fathered Reu. ¹⁹ After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other^[h] sons and daughters.

²⁰ When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug. ²¹ After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other^[i] sons and daughters.

²² When Serug had lived 30 years, he fathered Nahor. ²³ After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other^[j] sons and daughters.

²⁴ When Nahor had lived 29 years, he fathered Terah. ²⁵ After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other^[k] sons and daughters.

²⁶ When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

³⁴ the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, ³⁵ the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, ³⁶ the son of Cainan,^[a] the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, ³⁷ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, ³⁸ the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.