Genesis 10 - Prayer Tents

Genesis 10

New Living Translation

10This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.

Descendants of Japheth

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

3The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim[1].

5Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.

Descendants of Ham

6The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

9Since he was the greatest hunter in the world[2], his name became proverbial. People would say, "This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world."

10He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia[3], with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.

11From there he expanded his territory to Assyria[4], building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

12and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).

13Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

14Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came[5].

15Canaan's oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites[6],

16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

18Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,

19and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

20These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.

Descendants of Shem

21Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth[7]. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

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

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

24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah[8], and Shelah was the father of Eber.

25Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means "division"), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother's name was Joktan.

26Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.

30The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.

31These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.

Conclusion

32These are the clans that descended from Noah's sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.

[1] Genesis 10:4As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 1.7); most Hebrew manuscripts read Dodanim
[2] Genesis 10:9Hebrew a great hunter before the LORD; also in 10.9b
[3] Genesis 10:10Hebrew Shinar
[4] Genesis 10:11Or From that land Assyria went out
[5] Genesis 10:14Hebrew Casluhites, from whom the Philistines came, and Caphtorites. Compare Jer 47.4; Amos 9.7
[6] Genesis 10:15Hebrew ancestor of Heth
[7] Genesis 10:21Or Shem, whose older brother was Japheth
[8] Genesis 10:24Greek version reads Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, Cainan was the father of Shelah. Compare Luke 3.36