Genesis 10

The Table of Nations

(1 Chronicles 1:4–27)

1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

2The sons of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4And the sons of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.#10:4 SP and some MT manuscripts (see also LXX and 1 Chronicles 1:7); most MT manuscripts Dodanites 5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

The Hamites

6The sons of Ham:

Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7The sons of Cush:

Seba, Havilah, Sabtah,#10:7 Sabtah is a variant of Sabta; see 1 Chronicles 1:9. Raamah, and Sabteca.

And the sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one #10:8 Or who established himself as a mighty warrior or who became the first fearless leader on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before #10:9 Or in defiance of; twice in this verse the Lord; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.#10:10 That is, Babylonia 11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

13Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, 14the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.#10:14 Some translators adjust the Hebrew word order to the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (from whom the Philistines came); see also Jeremiah 47:4 and Amos 9:7.

15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,#10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost and of the Hittites, 16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later the Canaanite clans were scattered, 19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

The Semites

21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth;#10:21 Or Shem, whose older brother was Japheth Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

22The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

23The sons of Aram:

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.#10:23 Hebrew; LXX and 1 Chronicles 1:17 Meshech

24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,#10:24 Hebrew; LXX (see also Luke 3:35–36) And Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,#10:25 Peleg means division. because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

26And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 30Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

31These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

32All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

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Genesis 10

CHAPTER 10

1These be the generations of the sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the great flood.

2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3Forsooth the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4Forsooth the sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim;

5of these sons the isles of the heathen men were parted in their countries, each by his language, and meines, in his nations.

6Soothly the sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7Forsooth the sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah. The sons of Raamah were Sheba, and Dedan.

8Forsooth Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be mighty in [the] earth,

9and he was a strong hunter, or oppressor, of men before the Lord; of him a proverb went out, As Nimrod, a strong hunter before the Lord.

10Soothly the beginning of his realm was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11Asshur went out of that land, and builded Nineveh, and [the] streets of the city, and Calah,

12and Resen betwixt Nineveh and Calah; this is a great city.

13And soothly Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14and Pathrusim, and Casluhim; of which the Philistines and Caphtorim came forth.

15Forsooth Canaan engendered Sidon, his first engendered son, Heth,

16and Jebusites, and Amorites, Girgashites,

17Hivites, and Arkites, Sinites,

18and Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites; and [the] peoples of Canaanites were sown abroad by these men.

19And the terms of Canaan were made to men coming from Sidon to Gerar, till to Gaza, till thou enter into Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, till to Lasha.

20These were the sons of Ham, in their kindreds, and languages, and generations, and lands, and folks.

21Also of Shem were born the fathers of all the sons of Eber, and Japheth was the more, or elder, brother of Shem [or Shem was the more or elder brother of Japheth].

22The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23The sons of Aram were Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24And soothly Arphaxad begat Salah, of whom Eber was born.

25And two sons were born to Eber, the name to the one son was Peleg, for the land was parted in his days; and the name of his brother was Joktan.

26And that Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28and Obal, and Abimael, Sheba,

29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

30And the habitation of them was made from Mesha, as men goeth till to Sephar, an hill of the east.

31These be the sons of Shem, by kindreds, and languages, and countries, in their folks.

32These be the meines of Noah, by their peoples, and nations; [the] folks [or Gentiles] in [the] earth were parted of these after the great flood.

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