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Genesis 10

Genesis 10:1   ←
Now 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.

Genesis 10:2   ←
The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Genesis 10:3   ←
The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Genesis 10:4   ←
The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Genesis 10:5   ←
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:6   ←
The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:7   ←
The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:8   ←
Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Genesis 10:9   ←
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.

Genesis 10:10   ←
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:11   ←
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

Genesis 10:12   ←
and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

Genesis 10:13   ←
Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

Genesis 10:14   ←
Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

Genesis 10:15   ←
Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

Genesis 10:16   ←
the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 10:17   ←
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

Genesis 10:18   ←
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

Genesis 10:19   ←
The 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.

Genesis 10:20   ←
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

Genesis 10:21   ←
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.

Genesis 10:22   ←
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 10:23   ←
The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 10:24   ←
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

Genesis 10:25   ←
To 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.

Genesis 10:26   ←
Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Genesis 10:27   ←
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Genesis 10:28   ←
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Genesis 10:29   ←
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

Genesis 10:30   ←
Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Genesis 10:31   ←
These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.

Genesis 10:32   ←
These 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.


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