²¹ Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. ^22 (A)The sons of Shem were ^(B)Elam, Asshur, ^(C)Arpachshad, ^(D)Lud, and Aram. ²³ The sons of Aram were ^(E)Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴ Arpachshad fathered ^(F)Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. ^25 (G)Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was ^[a]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ^28 [b]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ Now their ^[c]settlement ^[d]extended from Mesha ^[e]going toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. ³¹ These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and ^(H)out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.