1 T hese are the families of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and of their families. 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 people who live beside the sea spread out into their lands, each one by his language, family, and nation.

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

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

8 C ush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first on earth to become a powerful man.

9 H e was a powerful animal-killer in the eyes of the Lord. So it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful animal-killer in the eyes of the Lord.”

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

11 H e went into Assyria from the land, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah

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

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

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

15 C anaan became the father of Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,

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

17 t he Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

18 t he Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Later the Canaanite families spread out.

19 S o the land of the Canaanite was from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.

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

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

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

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

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

25 E ber had two sons. The name of one was Peleg, for the earth was divided in his day. The name of his brother was Joktan.

26 J oktan became the father of 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 T he land where they lived was from Mesha toward Sephar to the hill country of the east.

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

32 T hese are the families of the sons of Noah. From these family groups, nations were spread over the earth after the flood.