10:1 Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, ①Riphath, and Togarmah.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:6, Diphath
10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and ①Dodanim.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:7, Rodanim
10:5 From these the people of the coastlands of the nations ①were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
▷ ①Or separated themselves
10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
10:8 Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he ①became a mighty one on the earth.
▷ ①Lit began to be
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was ①Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
▷ ①Or Babylon
10:11 From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
10:12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
10:13 Mizraim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
10:14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
10:15 Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
10:16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
10:17 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
10:18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
10:19 The territory of the Canaanite ①extended from Sidon ②going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and ③going toward Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
▷ ①Lit was ②Lit as you go ③Lit as you go
10:20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
10:21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
10:22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
10:23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
10:24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
10:25 Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was ①Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
▷ ①I.e., division
10:26 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
10:28 ①Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
▷ ①In 1 Chr 1:22, Ebal
10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan.
10:30 Now their ①settlement ②extended from Mesha ③going toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
▷ ①Lit dwelling ②Lit was ③Lit as you go
10:31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.
10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.