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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

Ham’s sons:(A) Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful man on earth. He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the Lord.” 10 His kingdom started with Babylon,(B) Erech,[a] Accad,[b] and Calneh,[c] in the land of Shinar.[d](C) 11 From that land he went to Assyria(D) and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

13 Mizraim[e](E) fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtorim.(F)

15 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, then Heth, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,(G) 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the Canaanite clans scattered. 19 The Canaanite border went from Sidon going toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

20 These are Ham’s sons, by their clans, according to their languages, in their own lands and their nations.

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  1. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk
  2. Genesis 10:10 Or Akkad
  3. Genesis 10:10 Or and all of them
  4. Genesis 10:10 Or in Babylonia
  5. Genesis 10:13 = Egypt