1 N ow these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

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

3 T he sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

4 T he sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.

5 F rom these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

6 T he sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

7 T he sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8 N ow Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

9 H e was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

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

11 F rom that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

12 a nd Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

13 M izraim became the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

14 a nd Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

15 C anaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, 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 the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.

19 T he territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20 T hese are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.

21 A lso to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

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

23 T he sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

24 A rpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 T wo sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

26 J oktan became the father of 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 N ow their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.

31 T hese are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

32 T hese are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.