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(A)The sons of Ham were Cush and [a]Mizraim and Put and Canaan. The sons of Cush were (B)Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and (C)Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were (D)Sheba and (E)Dedan. Now Cush [b]was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was [c](F)Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of (G)Shinar. 11 From that land he went out (H)to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13 Mizraim [d]was the father of (I)Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim 14 and (J)Pathrusim and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan [e]was the father of (K)Sidon, his firstborn, and (L)Heth 16 and (M)the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite 17 and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite 18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were scattered. 19 (N)The border of the Canaanite [f]extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward (O)Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:6 Or Egypt
  2. Genesis 10:8 Lit begot
  3. Genesis 10:10 Or Babylon
  4. Genesis 10:13 Lit begot
  5. Genesis 10:15 Lit begot
  6. Genesis 10:19 Lit was

The Descendants of Ham

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

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Ra’amah, and Sabteca.

The sons of Ra’amah were Sheba and Dedan.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He was the first to be a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. That is why the saying is “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.[b] 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, the great city.

13 Mizraim[c] became the father of the Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines descended), and the Caphtorim.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn) and Heth, 16 as well as the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread out. 19 Then the borders of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, southward toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; from there it extended eastward toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their ethnic groups, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:6 Mizraim is the Hebrew name for Egypt.
  2. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylon
  3. Genesis 10:13 Mizraim is the Hebrew name for Egypt.