Genesis 10:1-11

1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
3 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes;
5 they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6 The sons of Ham - Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
7 The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.
9 By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!"
10 At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.