1 N ow this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.

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

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

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

5 F rom these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

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

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

8 C ush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

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

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

11 F rom that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

12 a nd Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

13 M izraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14 P athrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

15 C anaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;

16 t he Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

17 t he Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;

18 t he Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.

19 A nd the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20 T hese were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

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

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

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

24 A rphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber.

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

26 J oktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27 H adoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28 O bal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 O phir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

30 A nd their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

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

32 T hese were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.