Genesis 10
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.H8435H1121H5146H8035H2526H3315H1121H3205H310H39992The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.H1121H3315H1586H4031H4074H3120H8422H4902H84943The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.H1121H1586H813H7384H84254The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.H1121H3120H473H8659H3794H17215Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.H339H1471H6504H776H376H3956H4940H14716The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.H1121H2526H3568H4714H6316H36677The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.H1121H3568H5434H2341H5454H7484H5455H1121H7484H7614H17198Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.H3568H3205H5248H2490H1961H1368H7769Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, "This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world."H1368H6718H6440H3068H3651H559H5248H1368H6718H6440H306810He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.H7225H4467H894H751H390H3641H776H815211From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,H776H3318H804H1129H5210H5892H7344H362512and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).H7449H5210H3625H1419H589213Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,H4714H3205H3866H6047H3853H532014Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came.H6625H3695H3318H6430H373215Canaan's oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,H3667H3205H6721H1060H284516Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,H2983H567H162217Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,H2340H6208H551318Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,H721H6786H2577H310H4940H3669H632719and 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.H1366H3669H6721H935H1642H5804H935H5467H6017H126H6636H396220These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.H1121H2526H4940H3956H776H147121Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.H8035H1H1121H5677H251H3315H1419H320522The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.H1121H8035H5867H804H775H3865H75823The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.H1121H758H5780H2343H1666H485124Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.H775H3205H7974H7974H3205H567725Eber 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.H5677H3205H8147H1121H8034H259H6389H3117H776H6385H251H8034H335526Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,H3355H3205H486H8026H2700H339227Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,H1913H187H185328Obal, Abimael, Sheba,H5745H39H761429Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.H211H2341H3103H1121H335530The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.H4186H4852H935H5611H2022H692431These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.H1121H8035H4940H3956H776H147132These 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.H4940H1121H5146H8435H1471H1471H6504H776H310H3999
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