Genesis 10:6-20
Christian Standard Bible
6 Ham’s sons:(A) Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be powerful in the land. 9 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 the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 14 Pathrus, Casluh (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtor.(F)
15 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 16 as well as 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 lands and their nations.
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Genesis 10:6-20
International Standard Version
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[a] leader throughout the land. 9 He became a fearless[b] hunter in defiance of[c] the Lord. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of[d] the Lord.” 10 His kingdom began in the region[e] of Shinar[f] with the cities of[g] Babylon, Erech,[h] Akkad, and Calneh. 11 From there[i] he went north[j] 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[k] from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east[l] 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.
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- Genesis 10:8 Or valiant
- Genesis 10:9 Or valiant
- Genesis 10:9 Lit. hunter before
- Genesis 10:9 Lit. hunter before
- Genesis 10:10 Lit. land
- Genesis 10:10 I.e. southern Mesopotamia or Babylonia
- Genesis 10:10 The Heb. lacks the cities of
- Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk
- Genesis 10:11 Lit. from that land
- Genesis 10:11 The Heb. lacks north
- Genesis 10:19 The Heb. lacks south
- Genesis 10:19 The Heb. lacks east
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