1 N ow these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

2 T he sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 A nd the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 A nd the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 O f these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

6 A nd the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

7 A nd the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

8 A nd Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 H e was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

10 A nd the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 O ut of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

12 a nd Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

13 A nd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14 a nd Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

15 A nd Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

16 a nd the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

17 a nd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18 a nd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.

19 A nd the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha.

20 T hese are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

21 A nd unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

22 T he sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 A nd the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 A nd Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber.

25 A nd unto Eber were born two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.

26 A nd Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27 a nd Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 a nd Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 a nd Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

30 A nd their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 T hese are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

32 T hese are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.