1 N ow this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 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 O f these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in 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 Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

8 C ush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 H e was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.

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

11 O ut of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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

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

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

15 C anaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

16 t he Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17 t he Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18 t he Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

19 T he border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.

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

21 C hildren were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder 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 T o Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name 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 heir dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

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

32 T hese are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.