²¹ And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, ^[a]the brother of Japheth the elder. ²² The ^(A)sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, ^(B)Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. ²³ The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and ^[b]Mash. ^24 [c]Arphaxad begot ^(C)Salah, and Salah begot Eber. ^25 (D)To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was ^[d]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁶ Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ^28 [e]Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. ³¹ These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

^32 (E)These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; ^(F)and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.