Genesis 10 (New American Standard)

Descendants of Noah

1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah ; and sons were born to them after the flood. 2 ¹The sons of Japheth were ²Gomer and Magog and ³Madai and ⁴Javan and Tubal and ⁵Meshech and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were ⁶Ashkenaz and ^aRiphath and ⁷Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah and ⁸Tarshish, Kittim and ^bDodanim. 5 From these the coastlands of the nations ^cwere separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. 6 ⁹The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were ¹⁰Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and ¹¹Raamah and Sabteca ; and the sons of Raamah were ¹²Sheba and ¹³Dedan. 8 Now Cush ^dbecame the father of Nimrod ; he ^ebecame a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD ; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD." 10 The beginning of his kingdom was ^f14Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of ¹⁵Shinar. 11 From that land he went forth ¹⁶into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah ; that is the great city. 13 Mizraim ^gbecame the father of ¹⁷Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim 14 and ¹⁸Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines ) and Caphtorim. 15 Canaan ^hbecame the father of ¹⁹Sidon, his firstborn, and ²⁰Heth 16 and ²¹the 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 spread abroad. 19 ²²The territory of the Canaanite ⁱextended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza ; as you go toward ²³Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations. 21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the ^jolder brother of Japheth, children were born. 22 ²⁴The sons of Shem were ²⁵Elam and Asshur and ²⁶Arpachshad and ²⁷Lud and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were ²⁸Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. 24 Arpachshad ^kbecame the father of ²⁹Shelah ; and Shelah ^lbecame the father of Eber. 25 ³⁰Two sons were born to Eber ; the name of the one was ^mPeleg, for in his days the earth was divided ; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 Joktan ⁿbecame the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 28 and ^oObal and Abimael and Sheba 29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab ; all these were the sons of Joktan. 30 Now their ^psettlement ^qextended from Mesha as you go 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, according to their nations. 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations ; and ³¹out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.