• Descendants of Noah

  • 1 Now these are the records of the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
  • 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
  • 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
  • 5 From these the people of the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
  • 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  • 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
  • 8 Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
  • 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
  • 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  • 11 From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  • 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
  • 13 Mizraim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
  • 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
  • 15 Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
  • 16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
  • 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
  • 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
  • 19 The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and going toward Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
  • 20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.
  • 21 Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
  • 22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
  • 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
  • 24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
  • 25 Two 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 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
  • 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
  • 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
  • 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan.
  • 30 Now their settlement extended from Mesha going toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
  • 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.
  • 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.